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Jan ''Staffan'' Normark (born 1945) is a Swedish physician,
In 1980, he was made a professor at Umeå University, then the university's youngest. 1989 he was recruited as professor of molecular microbiology to Washington University in St. Louis. 1993 he returned to Sweden as professor of infectious disease control, in particular clinical
, press release 15 April 2010 1992 he was awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize in medicine and in 1999 he was elected a member of theKarolinska Institutet: Birgitta Henriques-Normark
, accessed 19 April 2010
Jan ''Staffan'' Normark (born 1945) is a Swedish physician, microbiologist
A microbiologist (from Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, fungi, and some types of par ...
and infectious disease
An infection is the invasion of tissue (biology), tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host (biology), host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmis ...
researcher. He grew up in Umeå
Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...
and was awarded his Ph.D. at Umeå University in 1971. At the end of the 1970s, he was one of the first Swedish scientists to use the new genetic engineering
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of Genetic engineering techniques, technologies used to change the genet ...
tools in infection-related research.Umeå University, November 24, 2008: Staffan Normark – en världsledande infektionsforskare har återväntIn 1980, he was made a professor at Umeå University, then the university's youngest. 1989 he was recruited as professor of molecular microbiology to Washington University in St. Louis. 1993 he returned to Sweden as professor of infectious disease control, in particular clinical
bacteriology
Bacteriology is the branch and specialty of biology that studies the Morphology (biology), morphology, ecology, genetics and biochemistry of bacteria as well as many other aspects related to them. This subdivision of microbiology involves the iden ...
, at Karolinska Institutet. From 1999 to 2005 he served as the Executive Director of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF). In 2008 he was active at Umeå University to build up a research group within bioinformatics
Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops methods and Bioinformatics software, software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex. Bioinformatics uses biology, ...
and infection research. Much of his research in the 2000s have focussed on pneumococcus.
Normark was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...
in 1987 and took up the position as the Academy's permanent secretary on 1 July 2010, when he succeeded Gunnar Öquist.Kungl. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Staffan Normark blir ny ständig sekreterare, press release 15 April 2010 1992 he was awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize in medicine and in 1999 he was elected a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (, IVA), founded on 24 October 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the royal academies in Sweden. The academy is an independent organisation, which promotes contact and exchange between business, ...
. He was elected a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, NGO, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the ...
in April 2019.
Staffan Normark is married to Birgitta Henriques-Normark, also a professor and researcher within infectious disease at Karolinska Institutet., accessed 19 April 2010
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Normark, Staffan 1945 births Living people Swedish microbiologists Swedish infectious disease physicians Academic staff of Umeå University Washington University in St. Louis faculty Academic staff of the Karolinska Institute Umeå University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences 20th-century Swedish people