Balázs Sarkadi

Balázs Sarkadi obtained his MD and Ph.D at Semmelweis Medical University. He spent several years as a post-doc and then as a visiting scientist at major universities in the United States and Canada. He is head of the Membrane Research Group and professor at Semmelweis University, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, past president of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), member of several international research societies and the Academia Europeae. His research focuses on membrane proteins, including ABC membrane transporters and stem cell function, new methods for the functional analysis of ABC proteins, and the development of compounds that modulate their function. His current work is focuses on the role of ABC multidrug transporters in the cellular effects of targeted anticancer agents, and the function of these transporters in normal and cancer stem cells.