Dr Istvan Nagy

Following his graduation as an MD at University Medical School Debrecen, Hungary in 1982, Dr Nagy started to work as neurobiologist. He has been working for more than 20 years on the mechanisms involved in peripheral and spinal somatosensory processing. He has been particularly interested in the neurochemical, physiological and pharmacological properties of primary sensory neurons.

Dr Nagy has been working at Imperial College London since 1998. Since then, his attention has been focused on thermal transduction mechanisms and interactions between excitatory and inhibitory actions in primary sensory neurons. His current projects include studying the role of the endocannabinoid and endovanilloid systems in the regulation of the activity and excitability of primary sensory neurons, and the role of the peripheral nervous system and transient receptor potential ion channels in the development of various pathological conditions, such as bladder hyper-reflexia, type 2 diabetes and benign prostate hyperplasia.

As a principal investigator, Dr Nagy leads the work of a group of post-graduate students, and post-doctoral scientists. He has extensive collaboration with several academic and industrial scientists both within the UK and overseas.