Marja Makarow#
| Membership Number: | 2660 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - present President of Academia Europaea
- Professor of Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Helsinki
- Since 2012 Vice-president of the Academy of Finland
- 2008 - 2012 Advisor to the European Union Commissioner for Research and Innovation as Vice-Chair of the European Research Area Board ERAB
- 2007 - 2011 Chief executive of the European Science Foundation
- 2003 - 2007 Vice-rector for research and professor of applied biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Helsinki
Fields of Scholarship
- Intracellular transport of glycoproteins
- Cell biology
- Molecular mechanisms of folding
Honours and Awards
- 1978 Member of the Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae
- 1984 Member of the American Society for Cell Biology
- 1984 Federation of European Biochemical Societies, Young Scientist’s Award
- 1992 - 1994 President of the International Association for Women Bioscientists
- 1994 Runar Bäckström Invention Award, 1994
- 1996 Culminatum Ltd. Invention Award
- 1997 - 2007 Member of the Biocentrum Helsinki Center of Excellence
- 2001 Order of the White Rose of Finland, class I medal
- 2002 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques de France
- 2003 Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 2009 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2018 Chevalier dans l’ordre de la Légion d’honneur received from president Macron for her accomplishments in science and science policy at the European level
