1970 : Faculty of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 1983: Candidate of Sciences ( Ph.D). 1990: Doctor of Science (DSc) Hungarian Academy of Sciences 。 2001: Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences。 2007: Ordinary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences。 since 2012 University Professor, Semmelweis University, Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology。 1994-2012 Professor and Chairman, Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary。 1975-1994 Co-chair for Department of Immunology, Head of Department, of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest , Hungary。 1970-1975 Researcher and assistant professor, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary。 Honours and Awards Semmelweis Award from the Senate of Semmelweis University, 2008 Szechenyi Award from President of Hungarian Republic, 2006 Geoffrey B. West Award (European Histamine Research Society, 2006 Neumann Award for Bioinformatics, 2006 Kesztyüs Lorand award and medal for Hungarian Immunology 2005 „Scientist of the Year” in Hungary 2001 Arany János Foundation Award, 1998 Széchenyi professorial fellowship, 1997 Markusovszky award: 1996 Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1995 Research areas: 1994 - The role of histamine in immune response, tumor growth. Phenotype analysis of histamine-free transgenic mice 1989 - 1994 Inflammatory cytokines, IL-6- the role of histamine in immune response, tumor growth, phenotype studies of histamine-free mice 1984 - 1988 Complement genetics, histamine 1975 - 1984 Immune complexes, beta-2 mikroglobulin 1970 - 1975 Neurochemistry, neuroimmunology Selected publications Yang XD, Ai W, Asfaha S, Bhagat G, Friedman RA, Jin G, Park H, Shykind B, Diacovo TG, Falus A, Wang TC. Histamine deficiency promotes inflammation-associated carcinogenesis through reduced myeloid maturation and accumulation of CD11b(+)Ly6G(+) immature myeloid cells. Nature Med. 2011; 17:87-95. György B, Módos K, Pállinger E, Pálóczi K, Pásztói M, Misják P, Deli MA, Sipos A, Szalai A, Voszka I, Polgár A, Tóth K, Csete M, Nagy G, Gay S, Falus A, Kittel A, Buzás EI. Detection and isolation of cell-derived microparticles are compromised by protein complexes due to shared biophysical parameters. Blood 2011; 117:e39-48. Pos Z, Selleri S, Spivey T, Wang J, Liu H, Worschech A, Sabatino M, Monaco A, Leitman S, Falus A, Wang E, Alter H, and Marincola F Genomic scale analysis of racial impact on response to IFN alpha. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010; 107:803-808. Szabó TG, Palotai R, Antal P, Tokatly I, Tóthfalusi L, Lund O, Nagy G, Falus A, Buzás EI. Critical role of glycosylation in deterdetermining the length and structure of T cell epitopes. Immunome Res. 2009; 24; 5:4. Pos Z, Wiener Z, Pocza P, Racz M, Toth S, Darvas Z, Molnar V, Hegyesi H, Falus A. Histamine suppresses fibulin-5 and insulin-like growth factor-II receptor expression in melanoma. Cancer Res. 2008; 68:1997-2005. Molnar V, Tamasi V, Bakos B, Wiener Z, Falus A. Changes in miRNA expression in solid tumors: An miRNA profiling in melanomas. Semin Cancer Biol. 2008; 18:111-122. Szalai C, Ungvári I, Pelyhe L, Tölgyesi G, Falus A. Asthma from a pharmacogenomic point of view. Br J Pharmacol. 2008; 153:1602-1614 Koncz A, Pasztoi M, Mazan M, Fazakas F, Buzas E, Falus A, Nagy G. Nitric oxide mediates T cell cytokine production and signal transduction in histidine decarboxylase knockout mice. J Immunol. 2007; 179:6613-6619. Jelinek I, Laszlo V, Buzas E, Pallinger E, Hangya B, Horvath Z, Falus A. Increased antigen presentation and Th1 polarization in genetically histamine-free mice. Int Immunol. 2007;19:51-58. Falus A, Hegyesi H, Lázár-Molnár E, Pós Z, László V, Darvas Zs. Paracrine and autocrine interactions in melanoma; histamine is a relevant player in local regulation. Trends in Immunology 2001;22:648-652.