Bjorn Reino Olsen
Björn Reino Olsen (born April 22, 1940 in Skien ) is a Norwegian - American anatomist and molecular biologist . He is best known for his work on bone biology and the extracellular matrix .
Olsen graduated from Oslo University with a doctorate in medicine in 1967 . Here he first worked at the anatomical institute and researched the structure of collagen . From 1971 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Darwin Prockop at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . 1972 Olsen got a job in the department of biochemistry at Rutgers University , where he received a professorship in 1976. In 1985 he moved to Harvard Medical School as Hersey Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology (later only for Cell Biology) . Since 1996 he has also been part of the scientific staff of the Forsyth Institute and has been a professor of developmental biology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine , where he was Dean of Research from 2005 to 2017.
Björn Reino Olsen deals with the morphogenesis of the skeleton and the vascular system . He was able to contribute to the elucidation of numerous bone-related diseases (including cherubism and craniometaphyseal dysplasia ) and metabolic pathways and regulatory mechanisms (including SH3BP2 , a binding protein of the SH3 domain , the pyrophosphate transporter ANK and the VEGF receptor 2).
Olsen is the author of more than 450 scientific publications . He is editor of the following journals: Journal of Cell Biology , Molecular Biology of the Cell , Journal of Biological Chemistry , Bone and Development . He was the executive editor of Matrix Biology and the founder and executive editor of the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine ( BioMed Central ).
In 2010, Olsen was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 2011 he received the Henry Gray / Lippincott Williams Wilkins Scientific Achievement Award , the highest honor of the American Association of Anatomists , and in 2019 the International King Faisal Prize . Olsen received a Humboldt Research Award in 1995 and is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences . Olsen holds honorary doctorates from the University of Oslo and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey .
Web links
- Bjorn R. Olsen, PhD at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (harvard.edu)
- Bjorn Reino Olsen, MD, Ph.D. at Harvard Catalyst Profile (harvard.edu)
- Bjorn R. Olsen, PhD at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (harvard.edu)
- Olsen Lab - Research at Harvard Medical School (harvard.edu)
Individual evidence
- ^ Professor Bjorn Reino Olsen. In: kingfaisalprize.org. King Faisal Foundation, accessed February 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Group 6: Cellebiologi og molekylærbiologi. In: dnva.no. Norwegian Academy of Sciences , accessed February 9, 2019 (Norwegian).
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| SURNAME | Olsen, Bjorn Reino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Olsen, Bjorn R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian-American anatomist and molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skien |