Sirpa Jalkanen#
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Membership Number: | 3628 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
Elected: | 2013 |
Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Homepage(s): | http://www.biocity.turku.fi/research-programs/receptor-program |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2006 - present Research Professor of the National Institute of Health and Welfare
- 2001 - present Professor of Immunology, Turku University
- 2008 - 2012 Vice Chair (2008-2010) and Chair (2010-2012) of the Finnish Academy of Science
- 1996 - 2006 Research Professor of the Finnish Academy
- 1997 - 2001 Chair of the Department of Immunology, University of Helsinki (on leave of absence from Academy Professorship)
- 1994 - 1996 Senior Investigator of the National Public Health Institute
- 1991 - 1994 Senior Investigator of the Finnish Academy
- 1989 - 1991 Junior Investigator of the Finnish Academy
- 1986 - 1989 Head of Laboratory Department of Medical Microbiology
- 1983 - 1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Fields of Scholarship
- Endothelial cells
- Lymphocyte trafficking
- Transcellular migration
- Somatic mutations
- Extravasation of lymphocytes
- Inflammation
- Lymphocytes
- Lymphendothelial cells
- Adhesion molecules
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Datta Medal (for outstanding achievements in the field of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, given by Federation of the European Biochemical Society (FEBS))
- 2009 Klossner Medal
- 2008 Äyräpää Prize (the major prize in medicine in Finland)
- 2007 Tillandz Prize
- 2006 Tillandz Prize
- 2005 Anders Jahre Prize (the major prize in medicine in Scandinavia)
- 2004 Elias Lönnrot Medal (for achievements in science, teaching and development of biotechnology)
- 2002 Elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 2000 Elected member of EMBO
- 1998 Elected member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 1997 Maud Kuistila Prize (for excellent work as supervisor of young scientists)
- 1994 The Reumalecture of the year (the Finnish Society for Rheumatology)
- 1991 Medix Award (for the year´s best publication in Finland)
- 1990 Eli Lilly Gastroenterology Award
- 1987 Duodecim Society (young scientist award)