!!!Taina Pihlajaniemi
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__Present and Previous Positions__
* 2020 - 2025, 2015 - 2020, 2010 - 2014, Vice Rector/Vice President (Research), University of Oulu, Finland
* 1990 - present Professor of Medical Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Finland
* 2012 - 2017 Director, Academy of Finland Center of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research 
* 2006 - 2007 Founding Director, Biocenter Finland ([https://www.biocenter.fi])
* 1996 - 2009 Scientific Director, Biocenter Oulu and the Biocenter Oulu core facilities (www. oulu.fi/biocenter), University of Oulu, Finland
* 1996 - 2009 Director, Biocenter Oulu Graduate School, University of Oulu, Finland
* 1991 - 2009 Chairman, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oulu, Finland
* 1985 - 1990 Research Associate and Junior Research Fellow, Academy of Finland
* 1982 - 1985 Research/Teaching Specialist III (post-doctoral fellow), University of Medicine and Dentistry - Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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__Honours and Awards__
* 2021 E. J. Nyström Award by The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
* 2020 Norther Ostrobothnia Prize (for work promoting the region and strengtening its identity)
* 2018 Winner of the Orientation 100 ideas competition by Orion Corporation (shared)
* 2015 Commander, The Order of the Lion of Finland
* 2013 Matti Äyräpää Prize (the most prestigious Finnish prize in medicine)
* 2006 Hans Kupczyk Guest Professorship Award, University of Ulm, Germany
* 1999 The Science Prize of the State of Finland (shared with Kari Kivirikko and Leena Ala-Kokko)
* 1998 Knighthood 1st Class, The Order of the White Rose in Finland
* 1995 Member, The Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Academia Scientiarum Fennica)
* 1994 The Anders Jahre's Nordic Medical Prize for Young Scientists
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[Curriculum Vitae |User/Pihlajaniemi_Taina/CV]
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[Publication list|User/Pihlajaniemi_Taina/Publications]
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[Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Pihlajaniemi_Taina/Highlight]
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[Other information|User/Pihlajaniemi_Taina/OtherInformation]
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