Leena Peltonen-Palotie
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Leena Peltonen-Palotie (16 June 1952 – 11 March 2010arthrosis and multiple sclerosis. She was considered one of the world's leading molecular geneticists.[4][5]
Biography
Peltonen-Palotie was born in Helsinki, but her family moved to Oulu when she was five years old. She completed her secondary education at the Finnish Co-educational Lycée of Oulu, graduating in 1971. Peltonen-Palotie went on to study medicine, receiving her Licentiate of Medicine degree in 1976, and completed her doctoral thesis at the University of Oulu in 1978.[6]
Peltonen-Palotie worked at the
MIT and Harvard University.[5]
Peltonen-Palotie published over 500 research articles and almost 80 invited articles,PhD students in her career.[5]
She died on 11 March 2010bone cancer.[9]
Awards and honours
- In addition to many academic awards she received an University of Joensuu.[clarify]
- In 2004, the Finnish television show Suuret suomalaiset listed Peltonen-Palotie as 77th of the 100 greatest Finns of all time.
- In 2006, Peltonen-Palotie was awarded the Belgian Prix van Gysel and the Swedish Stora Fernströmpriset prizes. In 2009, she was awarded the Finnish honorary title of Academician of Science.[4]
- On International Women's Day 2010, her achievements were honored in the form of a commemorative postage stamp issued by the Finnish Post.[5]
- The Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics is named in her honor.[11]
References
- ^ "Professor Leena Peltonen at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute". Archived from the original on 23 December 2012.
- PMID 20393553.
- S2CID 54430674.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Professor Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Academician of Science". Helsinki: Academy of Finland. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Leena Peltonen-Palotie (1952–2010) – Internationally renowned geneticist dies at 57". Helsingin Sanomat. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ Mar 2010. "Professor Leena Peltonen-Palotie: 1952-2010". Wellcome Sanger Institute. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "In Memoriam: Leena Peltonen". Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ "THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTIFIC MINDS" (PDF). Ludwig Cancer Research. Thomson Reuters. 2015.
- ^ "Leena Palotie kuoli syöpään" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Honorary Doctors of the Faculty of Medicine". Uppsala University, Sweden. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ mari.kaunisto (5 September 2017). "Leena Peltonen (Palotie) prize 2018 – Call for submission of candidates". FIMM. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
External links
- Palotie, Leena (1952–2010). Kansallisbiografia. (in English)
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