Emeritus Professor Istvan Toth
Emeritus Professor

Istvan Toth

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Background

Professor István Tóth is Chair in Biological Chemistry at The University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia, and Affiliated Professorial Research Fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, UQ. He graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University, Budapest, Hungary and was awarded his PhD for his Alkaloid Chemistry research. Professor Tóth undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at Carleton University, Ottawa Canada before returning to Hungary to work as a Research Associate, then Scientific Group Leader at the Central Research Institute for Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Science. He joined the School of Pharmacy at the University of London in 1987 as a Senior Lecturer and Royal Society sponsored Senior Research Fellow. He became a Reader in Medicinal Organic Chemistry in 1994 and was awarded a Doctor of Science degree (DSc 1994) for his work in Drug Delivery (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), before relocating to the University of Queensland in 1998 where he has built a productive research group. Professor Tóth was a visiting professor at the School of Pharmacy, University of London (1994-2004) and at the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Science, University of California, San Francisco (2011-2013). Professor Tóth’s major research interests are: drug delivery, immunoadjuvants, carbohydrates, lipids, peptides, nucleosides, and nucleotides. This research has attracted over $85 million in competitive grants, research contracts and investment funds in the past 10 years. Professor Tóth has over 500 peer-reviewed publications, 45 patents, and an excellent track record in research commercialisation. He is a one of key founders of Alchemia, Implicit Bioscience Pty Ltd, Neurotide Pty Ltd and TetraQ (the commercial arm of Centre of Integrated Preclinical Drug Development). Professor Tóth is an elected RACI Fellow and Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences. and Feklloiw of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (since 2016) In 2009 he was awarded the Adrian Albert award for sustained and outstanding research in medicinal biochemistry, and a Business/Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Collaborative Research and Development he obtained the Doctor Honoris Causa degree at Semmelweis university budapest Hungary (2019). Professor Tóth was appointed as a member of the ARC College of Experts (2008-2010). He was the founding (2007) then the elected (2008-2009) President of the Australian Chapter of Controlled Release Society.

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Fields of research

Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry Organic chemistry

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy of Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
  • Doctoral Diploma of Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Search Professor Istvan Toth’s works on UQ eSpace

683 works between 1972 and 2025
All (683) Journal Article (480) Book Chapter (42) Conference Publication (151) Book (3) Other Outputs (6) Edited Outputs (1)

681 - 683 of 683 works

1976

Journal Article

Investigation On Chemistry of Berbans .3. Regiospecific Synthesis of Depyrroloyohimbinone by Dieckmann Condensation of Unsaturated Esters

Szabo, L, Toth, I, Honty, K, Toke, L, Tamas, J and Szantay, C (1976). Investigation On Chemistry of Berbans .3. Regiospecific Synthesis of Depyrroloyohimbinone by Dieckmann Condensation of Unsaturated Esters. Chemische Berichte-Recueil, 109 (5), 1724-1736. doi: 10.1002/cber.19761090516

Investigation On Chemistry of Berbans .3. Regiospecific Synthesis of Depyrroloyohimbinone by Dieckmann Condensation of Unsaturated Esters

1972

Journal Article

Untersuchungen über Verbindungen mit Berban‐Gerüst, II Aufbau des allo‐Berban und epi‐allo‐Berban‐Gerüsts

Szabó, Lajos, Honty, Katalin, Töke, László, Tóth, István and Szántay, Csaba (1972). Untersuchungen über Verbindungen mit Berban‐Gerüst, II Aufbau des allo‐Berban und epi‐allo‐Berban‐Gerüsts. Chemische Berichte, 105 (10), 3231-3243. doi: 10.1002/cber.19721051011

Untersuchungen über Verbindungen mit Berban‐Gerüst, II Aufbau des allo‐Berban und epi‐allo‐Berban‐Gerüsts

1972

Journal Article

Untersuchungen über Verbindungen mit Berban‐Gerüst, I Synthese von Dimethoxy‐despyrrolo‐yohimbin und Dimethoxy‐despyrrolo‐β‐yohimbin

Szabó, Lajos, Honty, Katalin, Töke, László, Tóth, István and Szántay, Csaba (1972). Untersuchungen über Verbindungen mit Berban‐Gerüst, I Synthese von Dimethoxy‐despyrrolo‐yohimbin und Dimethoxy‐despyrrolo‐β‐yohimbin. Chemische Berichte, 105 (10), 3215-3230. doi: 10.1002/cber.19721051010

Untersuchungen über Verbindungen mit Berban‐Gerüst, I Synthese von Dimethoxy‐despyrrolo‐yohimbin und Dimethoxy‐despyrrolo‐β‐yohimbin

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Emeritus Professor Istvan Toth is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

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Contact Emeritus Professor Istvan Toth directly for media enquiries about:

  • Chemistry - lipid
  • Chemistry - medicinal
  • Chemistry - peptide
  • Chemistry - sugar
  • Drug - oral administration
  • Drug delivery
  • Genes and vaccines
  • Immunisation
  • Lipid chemistry
  • Medicinal chemistry
  • Oral administration of vaccines
  • Peptide chemistry
  • Peptide drug delivery
  • Sugar chemistry
  • Vaccines - oral administration
  • Vaccines and genes

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