Jyrki Heino#


Jyrki Heino
Membership Number:6840
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Elected:2024
Main Country of Residence:FINLAND
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ORCID:0000-0003-2978-805X





Present and Previous Positions
  • 2004 (permanent position) Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry, University of Turku
  • 2012 Director, Department of Life Technologies (previous name: Department of Biochemistry), University of Turku
  • 2004 - 2021 Scientific Director, BioCity Turku (The Biocentre of the University of Turku and the Åbo Akademi University)
  • 1997 - 2003 Professor and Chairman of Cell Biology (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
  • 1996 Senior Investigator (Academy of Finland)
  • 1994 - 1996 Junior Investigator (Academy of Finland)
  • 1993 - 1996 Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry (University of Turku)
  • 1/1988 - 6/1990 Research Associate, (with Prof. Joan Massagué, Ph.D.), Department of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA, and Cell Biology and Genetics Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
  • 1986 - 1993 Research and Teaching Assistant (Medical Biochemistry, University of Turku)

Fields of Scholarship
  • Cell adhesion
  • Matrisome
  • Extracellular matrix
  • Cancer biology
  • Cell biology
  • Structural biology
  • Cell adhesion receptors
  • Biochemistry
  • Cellular signalling

Honours and Awards
  • 2011 Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia)
  • 2011 First Class Knight, The Order of the White Rose of Finland (SVR R1)
  • 2022 Promotor (Conferrer), Faculty of Technology, Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees, University of Turku

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