Sirpa Jalkanen Explained

Sirpa Jalkanen
Birth Date:28 February 1954
Birth Place:Jyväskylä, Finland
Fields:Biomedical sciences
Workplaces:University of Turku
Alma Mater:University of Turku

Sirpa Jalkanen (born 28 February 1954) is a Finnish scientist, working in the field of biomedical and clinical medicine, at the University of Turku in Finland.[1]

Career

Jalkanen was born in Jyväskylä, Finland.[2] She is one of the world’s leading researchers in the area of lymphocyte migration in the human immune defence system.[3] Jalkanen is an Academy Professor (2014-) in the Academy of Finland. She has served as Academy Professor on two previous occasions, in 1996–2001 and 2002–2006. During her term as Academy Professor, the focus of Professor Jalkanen’s research is on the mechanisms controlling the movement of cells in and out of lymph nodes. Her research is conducted as part of the Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation SalWe. She is a member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters[4] and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[5] In 2008, she was awarded the Matti Äyräpää Prize.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert G. Kaiser. Kaiser. Robert G.. Why can’t we be more like Finland?. https://archive.today/20180313204440/https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/why-cant-we-be-more-like-finland/. dead. 13 March 2018. 25 September 2005. The Seattle Times. Sirpa Jalkanen, a microbiologist and biotech entrepreneur affiliated with Turku University in that ancient Finnish port city, told me she was discouraged by 'this new generation we have now who love entertainment, the easy life.'.
  2. Web site: Jalkanen, Sirpa . PDF . Academy of Finland . 2015-10-05.
  3. Web site: Jalkanen, Sirpa . Academy of Finland . 2015-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151006102730/http://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/scientists-behind-the-research/academyprofessors/jalkanen-sirpa1/ . 2015-10-06 .
  4. Web site: Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters . Academy of Finland . 2015-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151007065527/http://www.acadsci.fi/members.htm . 2015-10-07 .
  5. Web site: Utenlandske medlemmer. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. no. 4 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Matti Äyräpään palkinto . 2016-09-09 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20150401010456/http://www.duodecim.fi/web/kotisivut/duodecim/-/naytasivu/82908/87439/Matti%20%C3%84yr%C3%A4p%C3%A4%C3%A4.html . April 1, 2015 .

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