Antal Rot

William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London

Antal Rot obtained his M.D. at the Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary where subsequently he was formally trained as an Anatomical and Surgical Pathologist. His post-doctoral research training was in the lab of legendary Edward J. Leonard at the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, USA. Afterwards, Antal joined Sandoz/ Novartis Forschungsinstitut in Vienna, Austria where for 20 years he was the Head of Experimental Pathology. After Institute’s closure, Antal moved to the UK taking up successive professorial appointments at the Universities of Birmingham and York. Since 2017 Antal is the Chair in Inflammation Sciences at the Centre for Microvascular Research, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London. His main research interests are related to the involvement of chemokines, their classical and atypical receptors in innate and adaptive immunity and disease pathogenesis.