Rolf Bjerkvig#
| Membership Number: | 6911 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uib.no/fg/bjerkvigorcid |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9622-7263 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolf-bjerkvig-bb24b3136/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - present Professor Emeritus, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway
- 01 07 2023 - present Adjunct Chair Professor, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, China
- 01 01 2022 - present Consultant biotech company Cytovation ASA (https://www.cytovation.com/about-us
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- 01 01 2011 - 31 12 2020 Director, Oncology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Health
- 01 01 2005 - 31 12 2011 Consultant Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé, Luxembourg
- 01 01 2001 - 31 12 2005 Professor II, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- 01 01 1999 - 31 12 2004 Director, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway
- 01 01 1993 - 31 12 2022 Professor, University of Bergen
- 01 01 1991 - 31 12 1993 Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Bergen, Norway
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuro-oncology
- Translational cancer research
- Tumor-host interactions
Honours and Awards
- 2022 University of Bergen, Innovation Prize (€ 30 000), Norway
- 2015 King Olav V, Research Prize in Cancer Research (€ 100 000), Oslo, Norway
- 2013 Inaugural Dianne and Mike Traynor Honorary Lectureship, The Brain Tumor Research Center, Sick Kids Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
- 2010 Invited lecturer American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, USA
- 2009 Hans-Dietrich Herrmann Honorary Lecture, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Hamburg, Eppendorf, Germany
- 2009 Key-Note Speaker, The World Federation for Neuro-Oncology, Yokohama, Japan
- 2005 Helse Vest research prize (€ 10 000), Norway
- 2004 - 2009, Recipient and coordinator of the EU Integrated Project, Angiotargeting, involving 13 European research institutions (€ 6.000 000)
- 2004 Acta Oncologica, Research Prize, Helsingborg, Sweden
- 2003 Best Research Group Award, Medical Faculty, University of Bergen, Norway, (€10 000)
- 2002 Takao Hoshino, Honorary Memorial Lecturer, The Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, USA
