Kirsten Sandvig#
Membership Number: | 2174 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
Elected: | 2002 |
Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
Homepage(s): | http://www.rr-research.no/sandvig |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1996 Professor II at Institute for molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo
- since 1979 Researcher at Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo
- 1979 Ph.D. Medical Faculty, University of Oslo
Fields of Scholarship
- Diphtheria toxin
- Endoplasmic reticulum
- Endocytosis
- Golgi apparatus
- Retrograde transport
- Ricin
- Protein toxins
- Shiga toxin
- Intracellular transport
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Honorary Doctor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2007 Member of a Centre for Excellence ”Centre for Cancer Biomedicine”
- 2002 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1998 Østfold County Council District Gender Equality Prize
- 1998 Member of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization)
- 1998 King Olav V´s Cancer Research Prize
- 1995 Stiansens Biomedical Research Prize
- 1993 Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 1990 The Norwegian Research Councils research prize
- 1989 Anders Jahres Medical Prize for young researchers (first woman to receive this prize)