László Nagy

Professor László Nagy is a faculty member at the University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He has served as Director of the Genomic Control and Metabolism Program at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute since 2013.

Research Interests: His work spans Macrophages, Gene expression, Dendritic cells, Nuclear hormone receptors, Immune regulation, Lipid metabolism, and Transcriptional regulation. He investigates how nuclear hormone receptors regulate immune and lipid metabolic processes, with applications in biomedical research.

Scientific Awards:

• Pro Scientia Gold Medal for Outstanding Scientific Achievements (1989)
• Outstanding Tutor in Biology, University Medical School of Debrecen (1989)
• Weszprémi-Prize, University Medical School of Debrecen (1991)
• Special Fellow of the Leukemia Society of America (1998-1999)
• Cheryl Whitlock/Pathology Prize, Stanford University (1998)
• Boehringer Ingelheim Research Award (1999)
• Széchenyi Professorship (1999-2002)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholar (2000-2010)
• EMBO Young Investigator (2000-2004)
• Szechenyi Istvan Fellowship (2003-2006)
• Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellow (2005-2010)
• EMBO Member (2007)
• European Society for Clinical Investigation Award for Excellence in Biomedical Investigation (2008)
• Fulbright Scholar (2010-2011)
• Tankó Béla-Prize (2014)