Carl Gahmberg#
| Membership Number: | 433 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/carl-g-gahmberg |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1981 - 2010 Professor of biochemistry, University of Helsinki
- 1979 - 1981 Professor of biochemistry, Åbo Akademi University
- 1975 - 1979 Research fellow, Academy of Finland
- 1972 - 1974 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington (S. Hakomori)
- 1971 Dr. Med. Sci., University of Helsinki
- 1968 M.D. University of Helsinki
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell membrane proteins
- Integrins
- Cell membranes
- Biochemistry
- Cell signaling
- Integrin regulation and studies on their intercellular adhesion molecule ligands (ICAM)
- Cell adhesion
Honours and Awards
- 1971 The Komppa award for the best doctoral thesis in chemistry in Finland
- 1980 EMBO member
- 1981 The Scandinavian Anders Jahre Prize in Medicine (Oslo)
- 1984 World Cultural Council
- 1985 The 150-year Anniversary Prize of the Finnish Medical Association
- 1995 Professor of the Year in Finland (all fields included)
- 1997 The Äyräpää Prize of the Finnish Medical Association Duodecim
- 2002 Commander of the Finnish Lion
- 2007 Foreign member the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 2009 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 2010 The Runeberg Prize of the Finnish Medical Association
- 2010 Honorary member of the Finnish Medical Association
- 2012 Commander of the order of the Finnish White Rose
- 2017 The Finnish Liv och Hälsa major prize in Medicine
- 2018 Honorary member of the Finnish Society of Science and Letters (the senior Finnish academy)
- 2020 - 2024 Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University
