Kari Alitalo
Kari Kustaa Alitalo (born 21 May 1952 Kuopio [1]) is a Finnish MD and a medical researcher. He is a foreign associated member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.[2] He became famous for his discoveries of several receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)[3][4][5] and the first growth factor capable to induce lymphangiogenesis: vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C).[6] In the years 1996–2007 he was Europe's second most cited author in the field of cell biology.[7] Alitalo is currently serving as an Academy Professor for the Academy of Finland.[8]
Alitalo received the Leopold Griffuel Prize in 2002[9] and the 2006 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine.[10] He also received the 2005 Eric Fernström Foundation's Nordic Prize[11] and the 2009 In-Bev Baillet Latour Health Prize.[12] In 2014, he received the Dr. A.H.Heineken Prize for Medicine.
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- ↑ Leopold Griffuel Prize. Wikipedia. Accessed June 3rd, 2013
- ↑ Professor Kari Alitalo. Winner of the 2006 Louis-Jeantet Prize for medicine. Louis-Jeantet Foundation. Accessed August 21, 2011
- ↑ Kari Alitalo received recognition for his work, University of Helsinki 2005 annual report. Accessed August 21, 2011
- ↑ FINISH PROFESSORS KARI ALITALO AND SEPPO YLÄ-HERTTUALA ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE INBEV-BAILLET LATOUR HEALTH PRIZE 2009 FOR THEIR PIONEERING RESEARCH ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS. Press-release, April 2009, In-Bev Baillet Latour Foundation. Accessed August 21, 2011
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