Sjur Olsnes#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1610 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
Sjur Olsnes passed away July 18, 2014.
Positions Held
- 2009 Professor Emeritus
- 1990 - 2009 Head of Biochemistry Department at The Institute for Cancer Research at the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo
- 1990 - 2009 Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oslo
- 1989 - 1990 Professor of Tumor Biology, University of Oslo
- 1972 - 1989 Senior biochemist at The Institute for Cancer Research at The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo
- 1967 - 1968 University of Bergen
Fields of Scholarship
- Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
- Virology
- Cell- and molecular biology
- Immunology
- Regulation of intracellular pH and growth factors
- Anion transport
- Biochemistry and function of toxins and immunotoxins
Honours and Awards
- 1977 The Prize of The Nordic Cancer Union
- 1979 Anders Jahres Medical Prize for Nordic Scientists below forty years
- 1986 Shipley Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
- 1987 Elected member of EMBO
- 1988 Pierce Immunotoxin Award
- 1988 Schunk Prize, University of Giessen, FRG
- 1990 Award of The Norwegian Research Council for Science and Humanities
- 1993 Elected member of The Norwegian Academy of Sciences
- 1994 Elected member of Academia Europaea
- 1995 Research Prize of The DNR Research Foundation
- 1995 Stiansens Prize for Biomedical Research
- 1997 Doctor honoris causa, Engelhardt Institute for Molecular Biology, Moscow
- 1999 Elected Foreign Member of The Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2000 The Oslo University Research Prize
- 2002 Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
- 2003 King Olav V Prize for Cancer Research
