Julio Celis#
| Membership Number: | 1336 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | https://juliocelis.dk/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 Advisor to the Science Policy Committee of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences (EACS)
- 2022 - 2023 Guest Researcher at the Danish Cancer Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2014 - 2021 Associated Scientific Director of the Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2002 - 2014 Coordinator, Danish Centre for Translational Breast Cancer Research
- 2001 Scientific Director, Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen
- 1991 Chairman, Danish Centre for Human Genome Research
- 1989 - 1990 Chairman, Aarhus University Bioregulation Research Centre
- 1987 Professor and Chairman, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Aarhus University
- 1986 Professor of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Aarhus University
- 1975 - 1986 Associate professor, Biostructural Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Aarhus University
- 1973 - 1975 Member of the Scientific Staff, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England. Under F. Crick
- 1971 - 1973 Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England. Under S. Brenner and J.D. Smith
- 1970 - 1973 Assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Chile
Fields of Scholarship
- Basic and clinical aspects of cancer
- Translational research in breast and bladder cancer
- Science policy
Honours and Awards
- 1987 Recipient of a medal from the College de France
- 1998 Wonderful Copenhagen Congress Organizer of the year
- 1999 Hirai Prize (Japan)
- 2004 Recipient of a Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2006 Recipient of the Dansk Selskab for Cancerforksning Hædepris
- 2011 FEBS Diplôme D’Honneur
- 2024 Cancer mission award, best researcher award/ Science Father
- 2026 Named the Proteomics & Cancer Research Pioneer of the Year 2026 (Denmark), as part of the 2026 Scandinavian Business Awards hosted by EU Business News
- 2026 Chilean National Science Prize
- Foreign Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the Danish Natural Science Academy
- Member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences
