István Rosztóczy

For other uses, see Rosztóczy.
The native form of this personal name is Rosztóczy István. This article uses the Western name order.
István Rosztóczy
Born (1942-11-17)17 November 1942
Budapest, Hungary
Died 27 October 1993(1993-10-27) (aged 50)
Mount Fuji, Gotemba, Japan
Residence Hungary
Citizenship Szeged
Nationality Hungarian
Fields Microbiology
Interferon
Institutions Department of Microbiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged
Alma mater Medical University of Szeged
Known for Interferon
Influences Imre Mécs
Influenced Yvette Mándi, Klára Megyeri
Notable awards

The Hungarian Red Cross Outstanding Work Award (1989)

Laudation of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health (1989)
Spouse Zsuzsanna Czapf

István Rosztóczy (17 November 1942 in Budapest, Hungary 27/28 October 1993 in Mount Fuji, Gotemba, Japan)[1] was a Hungarian microbiologist, medical researcher, blood donor organizer, who devoted his life to research and science.

Life

He graduated from the Gábor Bethlen Secondary Grammar School at Hódmezővásárhely in 1960. He took a degree at the Medical University of Szeged in 1966.[2] He started to work at the Department of Microbiology while studying at the university and continued his research with interferon after his graduation in Szeged. His supervisor was Imre Mécs. Meanwhile, he was awarded a scholarship to the Department of Microbiology in Birmingham, England and to the Johns Hopkins University Oncology Center with Professor Paula M. Pitha-Rowe in Baltimore, the United States.[3] He is known for interferon, especially the mechanism of the priming effect of interferon, then interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor.[4] He was a devoted hiker and made his last trip in Mount Fuji, Japan when he was wounded mortally while climbing down the mountain in the time of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR) Meeting in Tokyo.[5] He was buried in his native land.[6]

Family[7]

His father, Ernő Rosztóczy, senior (1899–1969) was a physician. His mother was Ilona Nagy. He had two siblings. His brother, Ernő Rosztóczy, junior taught at the Gábor Bethlen Secondary Grammar School at Hódmezővásárhely and his sister, Stefánia Rosztóczy (1934−1943) died as a child. On 17 September 1966 in Szeged he married Zsuzsanna Czapf, who gave birth to two sons. His elder son, András Rosztóczy (born 1967) is a gastroenterologist and medical researcher. His younger son, Péter Rosztóczy (born 1978) was graduated in Mathematics and Computer Science at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest.

Awards

Selected works

Book

Papers

References

  1. Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum (Museum of Literature)/Rosztóczy István – 22 January 2012
  2. See Béládi (1994: 145).
  3. See Béládi (1994: 145).
  4. See Béládi (1994: 145).
  5. See Béládi (1994: 145).
  6. See Béládi (1994: 145).
  7. The Rosztóczy family – 22 January 2012

Bibliography

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