Gergely Szakács#
| Membership Number: | 7588 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ttk.hun-ren.hu/ei/en/drug-resistance-research-group/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9311-7827 |
| Publication Link: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=kee3SOIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - 2025 Chair, International PhD Program for Translational Oncology, Medical University of Vienna
- 2017 Full Professor for Chemical Safety and Cancer Prevention, Center for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna
- 2017 Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, Hungarian Research Network
- 2008 - 2017 Group Leader, Institute of Enzymology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2005 - 2008 Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Enzymology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2001 - 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Laboratory of Cell Biology (LCB), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (Dr. Michael Gottesman)
Fields of Scholarship
- P-glycoprotein
- Therapy resistance in cancer
- ABC transporters
- Drug tolerance
- Collateral sensitivity
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Chair, International PhD Program for Translational Oncology
- 2016 – 2018 Member of Young Academy of Europe (https://yacadeuro.org/gergely-szakacs/)
- 2012 ERC Starting Grant
- 2008 EMBO YIP SDIG Fellow
- 2007 Marie Curie IE Fellow
- 2006 Leukemia &Lymphoma Society Fellow
- 2006 Outstanding Postdoc (Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH)
- 2006 Federal Technology Transfer Award, National Cancer Institute
- 2005 Bolyai Fellowship (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 2005 Federal Technology Transfer Award, National Cancer Institute
- 1999 Soros Predoctoral Fellow
- 1996 Tempus-Phare Scholar, Kremlin-Bicetre Hospital, University XI. Paris
- 1995 1st Prize, Student Research Conference, Semmelweis University of Medicine
- 1994 Clinical fellowship at Whytham Hall (Hospital for the Homeless), London
