Jyrki Heino#
| Membership Number: | 6840 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2978-805X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 (permanent position) Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry, University of Turku
- 2012 Director, Department of Life Technologies (previous name: Department of Biochemistry), University of Turku
- 2004 - 2021 Scientific Director, BioCity Turku (The Biocentre of the University of Turku and the Åbo Akademi University)
- 1997 - 2003 Professor and Chairman of Cell Biology (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
- 1996 Senior Investigator (Academy of Finland)
- 1994 - 1996 Junior Investigator (Academy of Finland)
- 1993 - 1996 Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry (University of Turku)
- 1/1988 - 6/1990 Research Associate, (with Prof. Joan Massagué, Ph.D.), Department of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA, and Cell Biology and Genetics Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
- 1986 - 1993 Research and Teaching Assistant (Medical Biochemistry, University of Turku)
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell adhesion
- Matrisome
- Extracellular matrix
- Cancer biology
- Cell biology
- Structural biology
- Cell adhesion receptors
- Biochemistry
- Cellular signalling
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia)
- 2011 First Class Knight, The Order of the White Rose of Finland (SVR R1)
- 2022 Promotor (Conferrer), Faculty of Technology, Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees, University of Turku
