Dan Larhammar#
| Membership Number: | 5984 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | ORGANISMIC & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.mcb.uu.se/research/research-groups/dan-larhammar/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6736-0663 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1994 - present Professor of molecular cell biology at Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University
- 1994 - University lecturer in molecular cell biology, Faculty of Science, Uppsala University
- 1988 - 1994 Researcher in molecular cell biology, Uppsala University (Position by the Swedish Research Council)
- 1987 - 1988 Visiting scientist, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, U.S.A.
- 1985 - 1987 Research associate in molecular genetics, Department of Genetics, Uppsala University
- 1985 - Research associate in medical-chemical science, Department of Cell Research, Uppsala University
- 1984 - 1985 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cell Research, Uppsala University
- 1980 - 1984 PhD student, Department of Cell Research, Uppsala University
Fields of Scholarship
- Evolutionary biology
- Pharmacology
- Cell biology
- Popular science and outreach
- Neuroscience
- Critical analysis of pseudoscience
- Molecular biology
- Critical analysis of alternative medicine
- Endocrinology
Honours and Awards
- 2022 His Majesty the King's 12th size gold medal "for meritorious contributions within the Swedish academic system"
- 2018-2022 President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 2016 Appointed 'Pharmacist of the Year' by the Swedish Farmacists, the farmacists' union, for "being a strong advocate of EBM"
- 2016 Honorary president of the European Society for Comparative Endocrinology
- 2009 Selected to give the prestigious Bargmann-Scharrer lecture at the International Conference of Comparative Endocrinology 2007
- 2007 Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, founded 1739, Class VI: Biosciences
- 2004 The Linnaeus Prize in Zoology by the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, Sweden
- 2000 Elected member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, founded 1710
- 2000 The Ingemar Hedenius prize by the Swedish Humanist Organization, the Swedish branch of IHEU
