Bengt Samuelsson#
| Membership Number: | 60 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://ki.se/en/people/bensam |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1983 - 1995 Rector, Royal Caroline Institute
- 1978 - 1983 Dean of the Medical Faculty, Royal Caroline Institute
- 1973 Professor of Medical and Physiological Chemistry at Royal Caroline Institute
- 1967 - 1972 Professor of Veterinary Medical Chemistry at University of Stockholm
- 1961 - 1966 Teacher of Medical Chemistry at Royal Caroline Institute
- 1961 MD at Royal Caroline Institute
Fields of Scholarship
- Cholesterol metabolism
- Transformation products of arachidonic acid
Honours and Awards
- Swedish Medical Association's Jubilee Award, Stockholm, Sweden (1968)
- Anders Jahres Award, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway (1970)
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Award, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. (1975)
- Intrascience Medalist, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. (1976)
- Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, New York, U.S.A. (1977)
- Ciba Geigy Drew Award in Biomedical Research, Madison, New Jersey, U.S A. (1980)
- Heinrich Wieland Prize, Munich, West Germany (1981)
- The Gairdner Foundation Award, Toronto, Canada (1981)
- Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award in Basic Medical Research, Brandeis University, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. (1981)
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1982)
- Honorary Member of Swedish Medical Association, Stockholm, Sweden (1982)
- Member of International Association of Allergology & Clinical Immunology Award(1982)
- Waterford Bio-Medical Science Award, La Jolla, California, U.S.A. (1982)
- American Chemical Society Division of Medical Chemistry Award (1982)
- Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982)
- The Bror Holmberg Medal of the Swedish Chemical Society (1982)
- Member of Academia Europea (1988)
