Kirsten
Sandvig
Curriculum Vitae
M.Sc.:
The Technical University of Norway, Trondheim, Norway, 1973.
Ph.D.:
The University of Oslo, 1979. Dissertation: Interaction of the toxic lectins abrin, ricin and modeccin with mammalian cells.
Postgraduate positions:
1979- cont. Senior biochemist at The Institute for Cancer Research at the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
1996- Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oslo (in addition to the position at the Norwegian Radium Hospital).
Visiting scientist:
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3 months, 1979.
The Biological Laboratories, Harvard, Cambridge, USA, 2 months, 1980.
Awards and Honours:
1989: Anders Jahres Medical Prize for Younger Scientists.
1990: Award of The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities.
1993: Member of The Norwegian Academy of Science.
1995: Stiansen's Biomedical Prize.
1998: King Olav Vīs Cancer Research Prize.
1998: Elected member of EMBO.
1999: Award from the Res.Comp. of the the Norwegian Radium Hospital.
2002: Elected member of Academia Europaea.
2007: Member of the centre of excellence: Centre for Cancer Biomedicine.
2007: Honorary Doctor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2010: Member of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Societies:
The Norwegian Biochemical Society (NBS).
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO).
Administration and Boards:
Chairman of the Oslo division of the Norwegian Biochemical Society, 1981.
Member of the board at the Norwegian Radium Hospital from 1987-1990.
Member of the Scientific Counsil of the Norwegian Cancer Society from 1992-1997.
Member of the Editorial Board of Eur.J.Cell Biol. from January 1995.
Member of the Editorial Board of Physiological Reviews from 1996-2002.
Member of the Scientific Evaluation Committee of the Norwegian Cancer Society from 1997-2008.
Member of the EMBO course committee from January 2000-2003.
Member of the ETOX steering committee from 2007.
Member of the board for the Centre of Excellence: Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN) from August 2008.
Publications and Research Interests:
Number of articles:~270. The publications include studies in the following fields: Mechanism of action of toxins, virology, anion transport and regulation of intracellular pH, endocytosis and intracellular transport. 2 patents on related subjects.
The Technical University of Norway, Trondheim, Norway, 1973.
Ph.D.:
The University of Oslo, 1979. Dissertation: Interaction of the toxic lectins abrin, ricin and modeccin with mammalian cells.
Postgraduate positions:
1979- cont. Senior biochemist at The Institute for Cancer Research at the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
1996- Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oslo (in addition to the position at the Norwegian Radium Hospital).
Visiting scientist:
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3 months, 1979.
The Biological Laboratories, Harvard, Cambridge, USA, 2 months, 1980.
Awards and Honours:
1989: Anders Jahres Medical Prize for Younger Scientists.
1990: Award of The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities.
1993: Member of The Norwegian Academy of Science.
1995: Stiansen's Biomedical Prize.
1998: King Olav Vīs Cancer Research Prize.
1998: Elected member of EMBO.
1999: Award from the Res.Comp. of the the Norwegian Radium Hospital.
2002: Elected member of Academia Europaea.
2007: Member of the centre of excellence: Centre for Cancer Biomedicine.
2007: Honorary Doctor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2010: Member of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Societies:
The Norwegian Biochemical Society (NBS).
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO).
Administration and Boards:
Chairman of the Oslo division of the Norwegian Biochemical Society, 1981.
Member of the board at the Norwegian Radium Hospital from 1987-1990.
Member of the Scientific Counsil of the Norwegian Cancer Society from 1992-1997.
Member of the Editorial Board of Eur.J.Cell Biol. from January 1995.
Member of the Editorial Board of Physiological Reviews from 1996-2002.
Member of the Scientific Evaluation Committee of the Norwegian Cancer Society from 1997-2008.
Member of the EMBO course committee from January 2000-2003.
Member of the ETOX steering committee from 2007.
Member of the board for the Centre of Excellence: Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN) from August 2008.
Publications and Research Interests:
Number of articles:~270. The publications include studies in the following fields: Mechanism of action of toxins, virology, anion transport and regulation of intracellular pH, endocytosis and intracellular transport. 2 patents on related subjects.
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