Taina Pihlajaniemi#
| Membership Number: | 6307 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://oulu.fi/university/researcher/taina-pihlajaniemi |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1664-9045 |
| Twitter: | @TainaPihlajanie |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - 2025, 2015 - 2020, 2010 - 2014, Vice Rector/Vice President (Research), University of Oulu, Finland
- 1990 - present Professor of Medical Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Finland
- 2012 - 2017 Director, Academy of Finland Center of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research
- 2006 - 2007 Founding Director, Biocenter Finland (https://www.biocenter.fi
)
- 1996 - 2009 Scientific Director, Biocenter Oulu and the Biocenter Oulu core facilities (www. oulu.fi/biocenter), University of Oulu, Finland
- 1996 - 2009 Director, Biocenter Oulu Graduate School, University of Oulu, Finland
- 1991 - 2009 Chairman, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oulu, Finland
- 1985 - 1990 Research Associate and Junior Research Fellow, Academy of Finland
- 1982 - 1985 Research/Teaching Specialist III (post-doctoral fellow), University of Medicine and Dentistry - Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Fibrosis
- Connective tissue
- Collagens
- Gene-modified mouse models
- Medical biochemistry
- Stem cells and cancer
- Extracellular matrix
- Neuromuscular junction
Honours and Awards
- 2021 E. J. Nyström Award by The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
- 2020 Norther Ostrobothnia Prize (for work promoting the region and strengtening its identity)
- 2018 Winner of the Orientation 100 ideas competition by Orion Corporation (shared)
- 2015 Commander, The Order of the Lion of Finland
- 2013 Matti Äyräpää Prize (the most prestigious Finnish prize in medicine)
- 2006 Hans Kupczyk Guest Professorship Award, University of Ulm, Germany
- 1999 The Science Prize of the State of Finland (shared with Kari Kivirikko and Leena Ala-Kokko)
- 1998 Knighthood 1st Class, The Order of the White Rose in Finland
- 1995 Member, The Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Academia Scientiarum Fennica)
- 1994 The Anders Jahre's Nordic Medical Prize for Young Scientists
