Lennart Philipson#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 967 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Lennart Philipson passed away June 26, 2011.
Positions Held
- 1998 - 2011 Emeritus Professor of Microbiology at the Karolinska Institute
- 1993 - 1998 Founding Director of the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine
- 1982 - 1993 Second Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
- 1968 - Chair of Microbiology at the Faculty of Science at Uppsala University
- 1967 Director of the Wallenberg Laboratory
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular biology
- Virology
- Microbiology
Honours and Awards
- 1979 Member of the Academy of Engineering Sciences
- 1992 Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
- 1993 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2003 Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize
