Elina Ikonen#
| Membership Number: | 6341 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/lipid-trafficking-lab |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8382-1135 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 to date Full Professor of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of Helsinki, Finland
- 2012 to date Principal Investigator, Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland
- 2016 to date Chair, Helsinki BioImaging Platform, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
- 2020 to date European Coordinator, Fondation Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence
- 2014 - 2019 Director, Centre of Excellence in Biomembrane Research, Academy of Finland
- 2010 - 2019 Academy Professor (Research Professor of the Academy of Finland)
- 2003 - 2004 Group leader, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland
- 1998 - 2003 Group leader, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- 1992 - 1996 Postdoctoral fellow, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
- 1987 - 1992 Predoctoral fellow, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Fields of Scholarship
- Lipid metabolism
- Membrane contact sites
- Membrane traffic
- Lipid storage disease
- Lipid transport
- Membrane domains
- Membrane traffic
Honours and Awards
- European Biophysical Society (EBSA)- Avanti Lipid Award, 2021, in recognition of most important European scientific contributions in the understanding of biophysics of lipids
- 2019 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Member
- 2019 Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters Member
- 2019 Biomedicum Helsinki Medal, in recognition of scientific excellence and contributions to scientific community
- 2014 Medix Prize for Biosciences, in recognition of an excellent scientific study in Finland
- 2011 Scandinavian Atherosclerosis Society Award
- 2011 Knight, White Rose of Finland, 1. Class
- 2010 Finnish Medical Foundation Jubileum Award
- 2009 Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Member
- 1999 Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Young Investigator Award
- 1003 EMBO long-term fellowship
