Bengt Samuelsson#


Bengt Samuelsson
Sadly, this member passed away.
Membership Number:60
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Elected:1988
Main Country of Residence:SWEDEN


Bengt Samuelsson passed away July 5, 2024.

Positions Held
  • 1983 - 1995 Rector, Royal Caroline Institute
  • 1978 - 1983 Dean of the Medical Faculty, Royal Caroline Institute
  • 1973 Professor of Medical and Physiological Chemistry at Royal Caroline Institute
  • 1967 - 1972 Professor of Veterinary Medical Chemistry at University of Stockholm
  • 1961 - 1966 Teacher of Medical Chemistry at Royal Caroline Institute
  • 1961 MD at Royal Caroline Institute

Fields of Scholarship
  • Transformation products of arachidonic acid
  • Cholesterol metabolism

Honours and Awards
  • 1968 Swedish Medical Association's Jubilee Award, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1970 Anders Jahres Award, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway
  • 1975 Louisa Gross Horwitz Award, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.
  • 1976 Intrascience Medalist, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
  • 1977 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, New York, U.S.A.
  • 1980 Ciba Geigy Drew Award in Biomedical Research, Madison, New Jersey, U.S A.
  • 1981 Swedish Medical Association’s Jubilee Award
  • 1981 Heinrich Wieland Prize, Munich, West Germany
  • 1981 The Gairdner Foundation Award, Toronto, Canada
  • 1981 Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award in Basic Medical Research, Brandeis University, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
  • 1982 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Sune Bergström and John Vane
  • 1982 Honorary Member of Swedish Medical Association, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1982 Member of International Association of Allergology & Clinical Immunology Award
  • 1982 Waterford Bio-Medical Science Award, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.
  • 1982 American Chemical Society Division of Medical Chemistry Award
  • 1982 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1982 The Bror Holmberg Medal of the Swedish Chemical Society
  • 1989 Member of the Académie des sciences, Paris
  • 1990 Foreign Member, The Royal Society


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