{"id":2,"date":"2017-05-23T11:29:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T09:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scholar.semmelweis.hu\/spatandras\/cv\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:22:41","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholar.semmelweis.hu\/spatandras\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andr\u00e1s Sp\u00e4t, MD, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n

Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

Member of Academia Europaea<\/p>\n

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Department of Physiology<\/p>\n

Faculty of Medicine<\/p>\n

Semmelweis University<\/p>\n

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Location: Budapest IX., T\u0171zolt\u00f3 u. 37-47.<\/p>\n

Mailing address: H-1428 Budapest, PO Box 2, Hungary<\/p>\n

e-mail: Spat@eok.sote.hu<\/a> , Spat@t-online.hu<\/p>\n

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Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Andr\u00e1s Sp\u00e4t<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born: Budapest, Hungary, 7 November 1940<\/p>\n

University studies:
\n1958-1964: Budapest (presently Semmelweis) University Medical School, Budapest<\/p>\n

Degrees:<\/p>\n

1964: Doctor of Medicine
\n1975: Candidate of Sciences (corresponds to Ph.D.)
\n1982: Doctor of Sciences (in Medicine)
\n1993: Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
\n1998: Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
\n1999: Member of the Academia Europaea<\/p>\n

Jobs, positions:<\/p>\n

in the Dept. of Physiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest:<\/p>\n

1960-1962: research student
\n1962-1964: instructor
\nsince 1964: staff member (assistant professor, lecturer, senior lecturer)
\n1986-2010: Professor of Physiology
\n1995-2005: Head of Department
\n2010-: Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n

Teaching activity in the Semmelweis University:<\/p>\n

1962-1995: laboratory courses in Physiology
\n1967-2017: lectures on Physiology
\n1982-1995: supervisor of the laboratory courses in Physiology
\n1990-2000: Chairman of the Union of Research Students
\n1993-2007: head of the \u2018Cellular and Molecular Physiology\u2019 PhD Program<\/p>\n

Scientific publications (as on 30 May 2018)<\/p>\n

4 university textbooks (coauthor)
\n2 monographies (in Hungarian)
\n5 monography chapters (in English)
\n120 publications in recognized scientific journals (in English)<\/p>\n

Cumulative impact factor: before 1975: \u00bb 26.5, since 1975: 430<\/p>\n

Citations: > 5500<\/p>\n

Hirsch index: 37<\/p>\n

Prizes and awards:<\/p>\n

1967: Decoration for University Studies (donated by the Minister of Education)
\n1973: G\u00e9za Farkas Prize of the Hungarian Physiological Society
\n1980: research prize donated by the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
\n1982: Decoration for Life Saving (donated by the Hungarian Government)
\n1987: „Academy Prize” of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
\n1992: Albert Szent-Gy\u00f6rgyi Prize (donated by the Minister of Education)
\n1992: European Medal of the Society for Endocrinology (U.K.)
\n1995: Arnold Ipolyi Award (National Science Foundation)
\n1996: Semmelweis Memorial Award (Semmelweis University, Budapest)
\n1997: Honoris Causa Pro Scientia Gold Medal (National Council of Scientific Research Students)
\n1998: P\u00e9ter P\u00e1zm\u00e1ny Award for University Teaching (Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae)
\n2002: Leo Szil\u00e1rd Award (ALCOA Foundation and Hungarian Higher Education and Research Foundation)
\n2002: Batthy\u00e1ny-Strattman Prize (Minister of Health)
\n2004: Sz\u00e9chenyi Prize (President of the Republic)
\n2007: Fogarty Scholar<\/p>\n

Positions abroad:<\/p>\n

1968-1969: Institute for Experimental Hormone Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (Prof. Ejgil Bojesen, 6 months)
\n1984-1985: ECFMG Fellow: Dept. of Pharmacology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (Prof. R.P. Rubin, 1 year)
\n1989-1990: Professeur Invit\u00e9 Louis Jeantet, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (Prof. C.B. Wollheim, 1 year)<\/p>\n

Professors who were members of Sp\u00e4t\u2019s team<\/p>\n

Balla Tam\u00e1s (NIH, Bethesda MD)
\nCzirj\u00e1k G\u00e1bor
\nEnyedi P\u00e9ter
\nFazekas \u00c1rp\u00e1d
\nHajn\u00f3czky Gy\u00f6rgy (Philadelphia, PA)
\nHunyady L\u00e1szl\u00f3
\nLudwig Endre
\nRoh\u00e0cs Tibor (New Jersey)
\nSarkadi Bal\u00e1zs
\nSzab\u00f3 B\u00e9la (Freiburg)
\nSzabadkai Gy\u00f6rgy (London)
\nV\u00e0rnai P\u00e9ter<\/p>\n

Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences who were members of Sp\u00e4t\u2019s team<\/p>\n

Bal\u00e1zs Sarkadi
\nL\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady
\nTam\u00e1s Balla
\nGy\u00f6rgy Hajn\u00f3czky<\/p>\n

Scientific committees and editorial boards:<\/p>\n

1969-1993: Editorial Board of the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
\n1991-1996: chairman of the Section of Physiological Sciences of the (Hungarian) National Science Foundation
\n1991-2004: chairman of the Endocrinological Committee of the (Hungarian) Council for Medical Research
\n1993-1997: Executive Committee of the Association of the European Journal of Endocrinology
\n1996-1998: Board of the University Research and Development Grants
\n1997-2010: chairman of the Habilitation Committee of the Semmelweis University
\n1997-2006: vice-president of the National PhD and Habilitation Committee
\n1997 – : Editorial Board of Magyar Tudom\u00e1ny
\n1998 – : Editorial Board of Acta Physiologica Acad. Sci. hung.
\n2004-2009 : Editorial Board of Physiological Reviews
\n2005 – : Editorial Board of Cell Calcium<\/p>\n

Specific scientific interest: molecular endocrinology, signal transduction<\/p>\n

Scientific activity:<\/p>\n

1962-1963: demonstration of the effect of aldosterone on intestinal sodium and potassium transport
\n1964-1969: studies on the role of the kidney in the control of aldosterone secretion in the rat
\n1970-1974: demonstration of the aldosterone secretory effect of prostaglandins
\n1971-1973: development of a protein binding assay for corticosterone, first application of aldosterone RIA in rat experiments
\n1974-1981: studies on the role of prostaglandins in the control of aldosterone secretion, analysis of the role of angiotensin II, potassium and ACTH in the induction of hyperaldosteronism in the sodium-depleted rat
\n1981-1985: demonstration of the role of calmodulin in glomerulosa cells, description of calcium compartments in glomerulosa cells, analysis of the effects of angiotensin II on phosphoinositide and calcium metabolism in glomerulosa cells, demonstration of the aldosterone stimulatory action of vasopressin
\n1985-1987: development of the technique of high specific activity labelling of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), description and characterization of IP3 receptors in permeabilized cells and subcellular fractions from several tissues (hepatocytes, polymorphonuclears and liver, pituitary, adrenal cortex, resp.), description of the interaction of IP3 and IP4 in pituitary microsomes
\n1987-1989: demonstration of Na+\/H+ and Na+\/Ca2+ antiporters in glomerulosa cells, studies on Ca2+ influx mechanisms in glomerulosa cells
\n1990-1992: analysis of the mechanism of depolarization and its role in the induction of Ca2+ influx in angiotensin-stimulated glomerulosa cells; demonstration of the activation of mitochondrial metabolism by cytoplasmic Ca2+ signal in intact
\n1990-1993: intracellular localization of IP3 receptor, characterization of various subtypes of IP3 receptor in glomerulosa cells
\n1992-1994: demonstration of Ca2+ – induced formation of NAD(P)H in intact cells
\n1993-1995: characterization of Ca2+ channel subtypes in glomerulosa cells
\n1993-: studies on mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and on the effect of Ca2+ signal on mitochondrial metabolism
\n2013-2015: control of cAMP formation in mitochondria
\n2015- : effect of mitochondrial cAMP on mitochondrial calcium metabolism<\/p>\n

Publications: https:\/\/vm.mtmt.hu\/search\/slist.php?lang=0&AuthorID=10000514<\/p>\n

last updated: September 2025<\/p>\n

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