Vainio Seppo J

1. Most important scientific acknowledgements & awards: Physiologist of the year in FIN, 1999; Discovery of the year in Biocenter Oulu (BCO), 1999; Best research article among FIN Dev. Biol., 2001; Discovery of year in BCO, 2004, 2011; DA nominator of candidates for Inamori/Kyoto science price, Japan in Life Sci., 1996, 2007- Nominator of the Medix award, 2008-2014. 2. Research funding: Farmos 1988, Finnish Culture, 1989; Univ. Hki, 1989-1990, Acad FI 1991-1992; Emil Aaltonen, 1990-1992; Acad Fi, 1992; NIH, 1993; Thanks to Scandinavia, 1993; Alfred Kordelin, 1994; EMBO, 1994; BCO 1997-; TEKES 2004-2019; Acad FI 1995-2019; Sigrid Jusélius, 1997-2015; Cancer Research, 2007-2012; Heart Research, 2005-2009; NovoNordisk Fonden, 2010-2013; EU/Wnt and Stem cells, 2002-2005; EU/ EuReGene European Renal Genome project, 2005-2008; EU/STAR-T-REK, Renal Stem Cells, 2009-2012; EU/EURenOmics, 2012-2017; CIMO and Acad. FI visitor, 2012-2013; A Professor Pool Finnish Culture, 2012-2013 to Focus to Research of the AF CoE; EU Marie Curie ITN RENALTRACT, 2015-2019. 3. Research leaderships & supervisor: PI BCO, 1997-; Vice Sci. Dir. of Inst. of Biom., Univ. of Oulu, 2010-2013; PI of InfoTech Oulu 2013-; Member of Coe Acad. Fin., 2012-2017; InfoTech Oulu, PI; BCO, PI, Argumenta project, Dir.. Supervised undergraduate students (MSc), doctoral dissertations (PhD) and post docs/senior 22/15/20. 4. Other scientific achievements: Member of Dept. Council, Dept. Biochem., OU 1997-2004 Vice member of Fac. Council of the Nat. Sci. , 2002-2004; Chairman of board of animal research centre of OU, 1997-2004, Chairman of board of the TG Barrier Facility, 1999-2012; Board member in Ph.D. student committee of OU., 1997-; Board member of PhD thesis committee of Fac. Med., OU, 2006-2009; Board member of Fac. Council of the Fac. Med., 2006-2009; Member of Dept. Council of the Dept. Med. Biochem. & Mol. Biol. , 2005-2013; Board Member in Fac. Med. Res. Council, 2011-2013; Vice Chair of Fac. Med. Res. Council, 2012-2013; Chairman of governing board BCO Kieppi res. labs., 2007-2013; Chair of BCO DP Governing Board, 2010-, Organizer of kieppi seminar series of Fac. Med., 2006-2009; Initiator and organizer of Inst. Biomed. Seminar Series, 2010-2013; Chairman of Fac. club of the senior scientists of Fac. Med. , 2007-2008; Chairman of organization committee of 7th and 8th Sci days Fac. Med., 2009, 2011; Board member in Center of Nanotechnology, OU, 2006-; Organizer of an international meeting of “Kidney Development & Tissue Engineering”, Oulu, 2007; Member of Star-Trek kidney stem cell EU consortium, 2008-2012; Member of steering committee of Star-Trek EU project, 2008-2012; Member of the Oulu Center of Cell-Matrix Research (OCCMR), 2008-; Board member in Fac. Biochem & Mol. Med., 2014-; National Member team in a Nordic Network of mouse models, 2008-2013; Board member in organization committee of NorIMM, FinGerDevNet Int. meeting on mouse models in Rovaniemi, 2008; Board member in the organization team of an international meeting of “Development, Regeneration & Aging”, in Oulu, 2012; Member in an Interdisciplinary Project, “Argumenta”, Funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation on “Human Mortality”, 2010-2013; Host for FiDiPro Susan Quaggin, 2012-2017, Member of CoE AF, 2012-2017, InfoTech Oulu, PI, Biocenter Oulu, PI, Argumenta project, Director, In. Ulm Univ., Fac. Med., graduate school thesis committee board member, 2009. Advisory board member of Molecular Medicine Graduate School, Ulm Univ., Germany, 2010 Founding member of first joint PhD Degree program of OU with Ulm Univ., 2013- , Coordinator of EU project “Wnt and stem cells” (QLK3-CT-2001-01275) (2001-2004), Partner of the EU project “EuReGene”(LSHG-CT-2004-005085) (2004-2008), Partner of the the EU project “STAR-T REK”, HEALTH-F5-2008-223007 (2008-2012), Marie Curie ITN RENALTRACT (2015-2019), Partner of EU project “EURenOmics”, HEALTH-F7-2012 (2012-2015), Member of an Acad Fi CoE, PI/ Cell Matrix Research (2012-2017), Organizer of 3rd Oulu Center of Cell Matrix Research Consortia ”Science Days”, 2009; Representative of BCO in “Stem Cells and Biomaterials” infrastructure network of Biocenter Finland, 2008-, Research group representing BCO in the FinGerDevNet research Consortia with Dev. , Biol program of Viikki, UH, 2008-2013; Board member of the National res. Training program of path. of model organisms, 2008-2012; Board member in team restructuring the biomedically oriented graduate school training in the OU, 2009; Assessment of scientific qualifications - Evaluator of Professorships (4). 5. Examiner & opponent of doctoral dissertations. 20/9. Evaluator of Docentship (6 times), University of Helsinki. Referee for several International funding. Editor: Nature Reports (Editor) Frontiers of Rev. Dev. Biol. (quest editor). Referee in several scientific journals.