DEMAX PLANCK RESEARCH GROUP WICKSTRÖM
Sara Annika Wickström
Group Leader (Max Planck Research Group)
Date and place of birth
1976, Finland
Nationality
Finnish
Scientific Career
| 2018-present | Associate Professor, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki Memberships |
| 2010-present | Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany |
| 2005-2010 | Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Prof. Reinhard Fässler, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany |
| 2004-2005 | General Practitioner, Viiskulma Health Care Center, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2001-2004 | PhD Student and Research Assistant of Cancer Biology, Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Finland |
Education
| 2004 | Ph.D. (Dr. Med. Sci), University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 2001 | Licensed to practice, National Board of Health, Finland |
| 2001 | M.D., University of Helsinki, Finland |
Awards
| 2017 | Frontiers Lecture, European Society for Dermatological Research |
| 2017 | Binder Innovation Prize, German Society for Cell Biology |
| 2011 | Scholarship of the Young Collegium, North-Rhine Westphalia Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2008 - 2010 | Postdoctoral fellowship, Max Planck Society |
| 2005 - 2008 | Postdoctoral fellowship, Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Finland |
| 2005 | Research Award, Academy of Finland (Awarded to fund postdoctoral studies) |
| 2005 | Research Award, Finnish Cultural Foundation (Awarded for outstanding PhD) |
| 2004 | Biomedical Thesis Award, University of Helsinki, Finland |
Memberships
| 2020 | EMBO Member |
| 2016- | Editorial Board Member - Cell Stress |
| 2016- | Editorial Board Member - Biology of the Cell |
| 2016- 2017 | Selection committee member for ATIP-Avenir research program, Inserm, France |
2015- 2017 | Grant review panel member of French National Academy of Sciences (ANR) |
| 2015 | Member, German Society for Cell Biology |
| 2013- | Member of Steering Committee and Faculty Member, Cologne Graduate School of Ageing |
| 2013- | Executive Board Member, SFB 829, University of Cologne |
| 2013- | Member European Society for Dermatological Research |
| 2013- | Editorial Board Member, Matrix Biology |
| 2013- | Editorial Board Member, Experimental Dermatology |
| 2013- 2016 | Institute representative to the Biomedical Section of the Scientific Council of the Max Planck Society |
| 2012- | Member of the Cologne Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases (CECAD) |
| 2012- | Council Member, International Society for Matrix Biology |
| 2011- 2015 | Member of Young Collegium, North-Rhine Westphalia Academy of Arts and Sciences |