Biography Nils-Göran Larsson
Larsson Group
Scientific Career |
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| 01/2019 - present |
External Member
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany |
| 01/2016 - present |
Professor and Senior Consultant
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (MBB), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 01/2008 - 12/2018 |
Director
(absence of leave in 2016, 20% activity since 2017) Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany |
| 07/2002 - 12/2015 |
Professor in Mitochondrial Genetics & Senior Consultant
Center for Inborn Errors of Metabolism (2008-2015, 20% activity) Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden |
| 07/2001 - 06/2002 |
Associate Professor
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 02/1997 - 06/2001 |
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
| 03/1994 - 02/1997 |
HHMI Physician Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA |
Education |
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| March 07, 1994 | Specialist of Pediatrics |
| 1992 |
Medicine doktorsexamen (Ph.D.)
Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden |
| 01/1991 - 03/1994 |
Physician, Specialist in Pediatrics
Barnkliniken, Göteborg, Sweden |
| 06/1990 - 12/1990 |
Physician, Clinical Chemistry
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden |
| June 15, 1990 | Läkarlegitimation (License to practice medicine in Sweden) |
| 07/1988 - 05/1990 |
Physician
Central Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden |
| 11/1987 - 06/1988 |
Physician, Pediatrics
Barnkliniken, Göteborg, Sweden |
| 08/1987 - 10/1987 |
Physician, Pediatrics
Barnkliniken, Vänersborg, Sweden |
| 02/1987 - 07/1987 |
Research fellow, Genetics
Institutionen för medicinsk genetik, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden |
| 12/1984 - 01/1987 |
Physician, Clinical Chemistry
Centrallaboratoriet, Sahlgrenska University, Göteborg, Sweden |
| 07/1984 - 11/1984 |
Physician, Pediatrics
Barnkliniken, Vänersborg, Sweden |
| 1984 |
Läkarexamen (M.D.)
Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden |
Prizes /
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| 2008 | Hilda and Alfred Erikssons Prize |
| 2006 | Jubilee Prize from the Swedish Medical Society (Svenska Läkaresällskapets Jubileumspris) |
| 2004 | Descartes prize from the European Union for outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievements Resulting from European Collaborative Research (MBAD project) |
| 2002 | Göran Gustafsson Prize in Medicine awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
Third-party
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| 2017 - 2021 |
European Research Council (ERC) H2020, Advanced Grant
mtDNA-CURE: Treating mitochondrial disease caused by pathogenic mtDNA mutations |
| 2017 - 2020 |
DFG
SFB 1218: Mitochondrial regulation of cellular function |
| 2013 - 2017 |
DFG
CECAD: EXC 229 - to support collaborative research |
| 2001 |
Individual Grant for the Advancement of Research Leaders (INGVAR)
awarded by the Swedish Strategic Foundation (SSF) |
Memberships |
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| 2016 - present | Member of the Nobel Committee for Medicine or Physiology |
| 2012 - present | Member of EMBO - Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2006 - present | Member of Class VII (Medical sciences) of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (Kungl Vetenskapsakademin) |
| 2004 - present | Member of Academia Europaea |
| 2004 - present | Member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute |
| 2006 - 2008 | Member of the Nobel Committee for Medicine or Physiology |
| 2003 - 2005 | Associate member of the Nobel Committee for Medicine or Physiology |