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Kari Alitalo

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Finnish research professor

AcademicsBorn 1952 · age 74

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Kari Kustaa Alitalo is a Finnish MD and a medical researcher. He is a foreign associated member of the National Academy of Sciences of the US.

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Kari K. Alitalo in 2014. (Jussi Puikkonen / KNAW)

Awards 13

2023Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation

2015Jacob-Henle-Medaille

2014Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine

2013A. I. Virtanen Award

2013Finnish Science Award

2012Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland

2009InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize

2006Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine

2005Eric K. Fernströms Nordiska Pris

2003Leopold Griffuel Prize

2002Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

1998Matti Äyräpää Prize

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Paul JanssenAlso won Jacob-Henle-Medaille Albert StarrAlso won Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation Peter CarmelietAlso won Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine

Ari HeleniusAlso won A. I. Virtanen Award Jean-François BorelAlso won InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize

Miroslav RadmanAlso won Leopold Griffuel Prize

About this person

Kari Kustaa Alitalo is a Finnish MD and a medical researcher. He is a foreign associated member of the National Academy of Sciences of the US. He became famous for his discoveries of several receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and the first growth factor capable of inducing lymphangiogenesis: vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C). In the years 1996-2007 he was Europe's second most cited author in the field of cell biology. Alitalo is currently serving as an Academy Professor for the Academy of Finland.