Carl-Henrik Heldin
Carl-Henrik Heldin (born 9 August 1952) is Chairman of the Board for the Nobel Foundation, and a molecular biologist and medical researcher. He has been director of the
molecular cell biology at the medical faculty of Uppsala University since 1992. He is vice-president of the European Research Council since 2011[1] and was appointed chairman of the Nobel Foundation in 2013.[2][3]
His research has focused on the mechanisms of signal transduction by growth regulatory factors like platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and transforming growth factor (TGF).
He was senior editor of Cancer Research from 2003 to 2009.[4]
Membership in Learned societies and Doctor honoris causa
He is a member of the following learned societies
- 1989 European Molecular Biology Organization.
- 1991 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[5][6]
- 1999 Academia Europaea.
- 2002 Japanese Association for Cancer Research.
- 2006 Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.[7]
- 2006 Scan Balt Academy
- 2007 Hellenic Biochemical Society
- 2009 Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 2009 European Academy of Cancer Sciences
He is
University of Heidelberg.[6]
Awards
Heldin has been awarded several prizes, including
- 1989 Prix Antoine Lacassagne, French National Organization against Cancer (shared with D. Gospodarowicz).[6]
- 1992 EMBO Medal
- 1993 K. Fernström Large Medical Prize for Nordic Scientists (with B. Westermark).
- 1994 Pezcoller-AACR Award Pezcoller Foundation and American Ass. for Cancer Research.
- 2002 Meyenburg Prize German Cancer Center, Heidelberg.
- 2011 Berzelius Medal. Swedish Medical Society
- 2011 Rudbeck Medal. Uppsala University
- 2016 H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold medal on Seraphim Order ribbon[8]
2023 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star[9]
Personal life
Heldin is Swedish. He is married and has two children born in 1982 and 1988.[4]
References
- ^ Press Release, 12 April 2011: New Vice Presidents for the European Research Council European Research Council. Retrieved 22 September 2013
- ^ Klas Leffler (21 April 2013): Calle får Silvia till bordet varje år Allehanda.se. Retrieved 22 September 2013 (in Swedish)
- ^ Carl-Henrik Heldin new Chairman of the Board of the Nobel Foundation
- ^ a b CURRICULUM VITAE Academica Europaea. Retrieved 22 September 2013(pdf)
- ^ Medical sciences Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 September 2013
- ^ a b c Carl-Henrik Heldin Academia Europaea. Retrieved 22 September 2013
- ^ The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 September 2013
- ^ "Medaljförläningar" [Medal presentations] (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "令和５年秋の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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