Kalle M. Saksela

Born September 10, 1962 in Philadelphia, USA

Education:
MD,  1989 (University of Helsinki [LL])

PhD, 1989 (University of Helsinki [LKT])

Academic history:
2005-  Professor of Virology and Chairman of Department of Virology, University of Helsinki.

2003-  Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

1996-2005 Professor of Molecular Medicine. Institute for Medical Technology. University of Tampere, Finland.

1996-2000 Adjunct Professor associated with the laboratory of James Darnell Jr. The Rockefeller University, New York.

1994-1996 Assistant Professor. The Rockefeller University, New York.

1991-1994 Postdoctoral Fellow with David Baltimore at the Rockefeller University, New York.

1991-1991 Postdoctoral Fellow with David Baltimore at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA.

1989-1990 Research Fellow, Department of Virology, University of Helsinki.

1984-1989 MD/PhD student with Kari Alitalo at the Department of Virology, University of Helsinki