Taina Pihlajaniemi#


Taina Pihlajaniemi
Membership Number:6307
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Elected:2022
Main Country of Residence:FINLAND
Homepage(s):http://oulu.fi/university/researcher/taina-pihlajaniemi
ORCID:0000-0002-1664-9045
Twitter:@TainaPihlajanie




Present and Previous Positions
  • 2020 - 2025, 2015 - 2020, 2010 - 2014, Vice Rector/Vice President (Research), University of Oulu, Finland
  • 1990 - present Professor of Medical Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Finland
  • 2012 - 2017 Director, Academy of Finland Center of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research
  • 2006 - 2007 Founding Director, Biocenter Finland (https://www.biocenter.fi)
  • 1996 - 2009 Scientific Director, Biocenter Oulu and the Biocenter Oulu core facilities (www. oulu.fi/biocenter), University of Oulu, Finland
  • 1996 - 2009 Director, Biocenter Oulu Graduate School, University of Oulu, Finland
  • 1991 - 2009 Chairman, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oulu, Finland
  • 1985 - 1990 Research Associate and Junior Research Fellow, Academy of Finland
  • 1982 - 1985 Research/Teaching Specialist III (post-doctoral fellow), University of Medicine and Dentistry - Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

Fields of Scholarship
  • Fibrosis
  • Connective tissue
  • Collagens
  • Gene-modified mouse models
  • Medical biochemistry
  • Stem cells and cancer
  • Extracellular matrix
  • Neuromuscular junction

Honours and Awards
  • 2021 E. J. Nyström Award by The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
  • 2020 Norther Ostrobothnia Prize (for work promoting the region and strengtening its identity)
  • 2018 Winner of the Orientation 100 ideas competition by Orion Corporation (shared)
  • 2015 Commander, The Order of the Lion of Finland
  • 2013 Matti Äyräpää Prize (the most prestigious Finnish prize in medicine)
  • 2006 Hans Kupczyk Guest Professorship Award, University of Ulm, Germany
  • 1999 The Science Prize of the State of Finland (shared with Kari Kivirikko and Leena Ala-Kokko)
  • 1998 Knighthood 1st Class, The Order of the White Rose in Finland
  • 1995 Member, The Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Academia Scientiarum Fennica)
  • 1994 The Anders Jahre's Nordic Medical Prize for Young Scientists

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