Carl-Henrik Heldin (born 9 August 1952) is Chairman of the Board for the Nobel Foundation, and a molecular biologist and medical researcher. He has been director of the

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branch of

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since 1986 and professor in molecular cell biology at the medical faculty of

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since 1992. He is vice-president of the

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since 2011 and was appointed chairman of the Nobel Foundation in 2013. His research has focused on the mechanisms of

signal transduction Signal transduction is the process by which a chemical or physical signal is transmitted through a cell as a series of molecular events, most commonly protein phosphorylation catalyzed by protein kinases, which ultimately results in a cellular ...

by growth regulatory factors like

platelet-derived growth factor Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is one among numerous growth factors that regulate cell growth and division. In particular, PDGF plays a significant role in blood vessel formation, the growth of blood vessels from already-existing blood ...

(PDGF) and

transforming growth factor Transforming growth factor (, or TGF) is used to describe two classes of polypeptide growth factors, TGFα and TGFβ. The name "Transforming Growth Factor" is somewhat arbitrary, since the two classes of TGFs are not structurally or genetically r ...

(TGF). He was senior editor of

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from 2003 to 2009.CURRICULUM VITAE
Academica Europaea. Retrieved 22 September 2013(pdf)

Membership in Learned societies and Doctor honoris causa

He is a member of the following learned societies *1989

European Molecular Biology Organization The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) is a professional, non-profit organization of more than 1,800 life scientists. Its goal is to promote research in life science and enable international exchange between scientists. It co-funds cour ...

. *1991 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.Carl-Henrik Heldin
Academia Europaea. Retrieved 22 September 2013 *1999

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. *2002 Japanese Association for Cancer Research. *2006

Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters is a Finnish academy for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is known in Latin as Societas Scientiarum Fennica, in Swedish as Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten, and in Finnish as Suomen Tie ...

. *2006 Scan Balt Academy *2007 Hellenic Biochemical Society *2009

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

*2009 European Academy of Cancer Sciences He is

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University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

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and

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Awards

Heldin has been awarded several prizes, including *1989 Prix Antoine Lacassagne, French National Organization against Cancer (shared with D. Gospodarowicz). *1992 EMBO Medal *1993 K. Fernström Large Medical Prize for Nordic Scientists (with B. Westermark). *1994 Pezcoller-AACR Award Pezcoller Foundation and American Ass. for Cancer Research. *2002

Meyenburg Prize The Meyenburg Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in cancer research by the Meyenburg Foundation in support of the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg (DKFZ), which is the largest biomedical research institution in Germany. The pri ...

German Cancer Center, Heidelberg. *2011 Berzelius Medal. Swedish Medical Society *2011 Rudbeck Medal. Uppsala University *2016 H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold medal on Seraphim Order ribbon

Personal life

Heldin is Swedish. He is married and has two children born in 1982 and 1988.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heldin, Carl-Henrik 1952 births Living people People from Härnösand Molecular biologists Swedish biologists Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters