Mart Saarma#
| Membership Number: | 4009 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/bi/saarma |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
- 2009 - 2013 Academy Professor, Academy of Finland and Institute of Biotechnology
- 2008 - 2013 Director, Centre of Excellence in Molecular and Integrated Neuroscience
- 2008 - 2009 Director, Biocenter Finland
- 1990 - 2008 Director, Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
- 1997 - 2014 Professor, Gene Technology Center, Tallinn Technical University (part time)
- 1980 - 1990 Head of the Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn
- 1977 - 1980 Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Physics, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tartu
- 1971 - 1977 Research assistant & junior researcher, Dept. Biological Chemistry, Medical Faculty, Tartu University
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular neurobiology
- Neurotrophic factors
- Neurotrophic factor receptors
- Neuronal death mechanisms
- Growth factor signalling
- Animal models of Parkinson's disease
- Transgenic and knockout animals
- Animal models of ALS
- Biochemistry and molecular biology
Honours and Awards
- 2011 - 2013 Guest Professor of the Wuhan University, China
- 2007 Foreign Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
- 2005 European Molecular Biology organization (EMBO) member
- 2001 Second order decoration of the Estonian White Star
- 2001 Member of the Tanner Academy
- 2000 Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science
- 1999 First order decoration of the Finnish White Rose Knighthood
- A1990 cademician, Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 2013 Alfred Kordelin Foundation Science Prize
- 2010 Tartu University Medical School Honorary Medal
- 2009 Nordic Science Prize, Lundbeck Foundation
- 2004 Karl Schlossmann Science Prize
- 2008 - 2012 Chairman, Finland Centre of Excellence in Molecular Neurobiology
- 2003 Runeberg Medical Science Prize
- 2002 Helsinki Gold medal
- 2001 Väino Tanner Prize
- 2000 Finnish Innovation Prize
- 2000 Finnish Cultural Foundation Science Prize
