Kai Simons#
| Membership Number: | 427 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1998 - present Group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
- 1998 - 2006 Director of the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
- 1982 - 1998 Coordinator of the Cell Biology Programme at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
Fields of Scholarship
- Biochemistry
- Cell biology
- Genetics
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Doctor honoris causa, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- 2010 Doctor honoris causa, University of Kuopio, Finland
- 2007 Saxon Order of Merit
- 2006 AIVirtanen Medal, Finland
- 2006 Honorary member of the Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae
- 2006-present Member/Fellow of ScanBalt Academy
- 2005 Laurens van Deenen Medal, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 2005 Foundation Day Lecture, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
- 2004 Virchow Lecture and Medal, University of Würzburg, Germany
- 2003 Honorary Professor at TU Dresden
- 2003 Albert Wander Prize, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2003 Ayräpää Prize, Finland
- 2003 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Leuven, Belgium
- 2003 Prix Mondial Nessim Habif, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- 2002 Hoppe-Seyler Lecture, Society of Biology and Molecular Biology Germany
- 2001 Schleiden Medaille awarded of Academy Leopoldina
- 2001 Honorary member of the German Society for Cell Biology
- 2001 ISI Highly cited researcher
- 2000 President of the European Life Scientist Organisation
- 1999 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Oulu, Finland
- 1998 Choh Hao Li Memorial Lecture in Biochemical Endocrinology, University of California at Berkeley
- 1998 Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1997 Adam Neville Lecture, University of Dundee, UK
- 1997 Runeberg Prize, Finland
- 1997 Academia Europaea
- 1997 Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
- 1996 Dunham Lecturer, Harvard University
- 1996 Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1996 American Academy of Art and Science
- 1994 HARVEY SOCIETY Lecture
- 1993 Carl Zeiss Lecture, German Society for Cell Biology
- 1991 Anders Jahre Prize for Medical Research
- 1991 NICHD Lectureship in Cell Biology
- 1990 Keith Porter Lecturer, American Society of Cell Biology
- 1990 Histochemical Society Lecture
- 1989 Lamport Visiting Professor (Columbia, New York)
- 1987 Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
- 1984 Honorary Professor, University of Heidelberg
- 1978 Societas Scientarium Fennica
- 1975 Federation of European Biochemical Society Anniversary Prize
- 1975 European Molecular Biology Organisation
