| Nationality: |
USA |
| Date of Birth: |
February 16 1940 |
| Academic Degrees: |
| 1961 |
B.M. in Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 1965 |
M.D. in Medicine, University of Helsinki |
| 1967 |
Ph.D. in Immunology, University of Helsinki |
| Professional Career: |
| 1970-75 |
Assistant Professor and Acting Associate Professor Department of Serology and Bacteriology, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 1975-76 |
Professor, Bacteriology and Serology, University of Turku, Finland |
| 1976 |
Senior Research Scientist, Dept. Immunology, City of Hope, National Medical Center, USA |
| 1976-79 |
Director, Immunology, Div. Immunology, City of Hope |
| 1979-80 |
Associate Scientific Director, The Burnham Institute |
| 1980-95 |
Scientific Director, The Burnham Institute |
| 1982-89 |
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, The Burnham Institute |
| 1989-2001 |
President and CEO, The Burnham Institute Director, NCI Cancer Center, The Burnham Institute |
| 1980-2004 |
Adjunct Professor, Pathology Department, University of California, San Diego |
| 2002-present |
Distinguished Professor, The Burnham Institute |
| 2003-present |
Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego |
| Title: |
Distinguished Professor, The Burnham Institute |
| Major Publications: |
- Pierschbacher, M.D .and Ruoslahti, E. (1984) Cell attachment activity of fibronectin can be duplicated by small synthetic fragments of the molecule. Nature 309, 30-33.
- Pytela, R., Pierschbacher, M.D. and Ruoslahti, E. (1985) Identification and isolation of a 140 kd cell surface glycoprotein with properties expected of a fibronectin receptor. Cell 40, 191-198.
- Suzuki, S., Argraves, W.S., Pytela, R., Arai, H., Krusius, T., Pierschbacher, M.D. and Ruoslahti, E. (1986) cDNA and amino acid sequences of the cell adhesion protein receptor recognizing vitronectin reveal a transmembrane domain and homologies with other adhesion protein receptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83, 8614-8618.
- Argraves, W.S., Suzuki, S., Arai, H., Thompson, K., Pierschbacher, M.D. and Ruoslahti, E. (1987) Amino acid sequence of the human fibronectin receptor. J. Cell Biol. 105, 1183-190.
- Suzuki, S., Argraves, W.S., Arai, H., Languino, L.R., Pierschbacher, M.D. and Ruoslahti, E. (1987) Amino acid sequence of the vitronectin receptor alpha subunit and comparative expression of adhesion receptor mRNAs. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 14080-14085.
- Ruoslahti, E. and Pierschbacher, M.D. (1987) New perspectives in cell adhesion: RGD and integrins. Science 238, 491-497.
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| Major Awards Received: |
- Outstanding Investigator Award National Cancer Institute (1986-93)
- G.H.A. Clowes Award American (1990)
- Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award (1991)
- Honorary Doctor of Medicine, University of Lund (1991)
- Leila Gruber Cancer Research Award (1993)
- Abbott Award (International Society for Oncodevelopmentl Biology and Medicine) (1995)
- Gairdner Foundation International Award (1997)
- Jacobaeus International Prize (1998)
- The Jubilee Award, The British Biomedical Society (2003)
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| Major Honors: |
- Member, Societas Scientiarum Fennica (Finnish Academy of Sciences) (1989)
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
- Knight, Order of the White Rose of Finland (1994)
- Nobel Fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (1995)
- Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1999)
- Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (2001)
- Member, Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies (2002)
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