# Ari Helenius > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ari_Helenius > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ari_Helenius.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Helenius > Source revision: 1236886140 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Ari Helenius** (born 3 September 1944) is a Finnish emeritus professor of [biochemistry](/source/Biochemistry) who is known for his research in [virology](/source/Virology). ## Personal life Helenius was born 3 September 1944 in [Oulu, Finland](/source/Oulu,_Finland).[1] ## Career He did his PhD with [Kai Simons](/source/Kai_Simons) at the [University of Helsinki](/source/University_of_Helsinki) in 1973. From 1975 until 1981 he worked as a staff scientist at the newly created [European Molecular Biology Laboratory](/source/European_Molecular_Biology_Laboratory). From 1981 to 1997, he was a professor at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), where he was chair of the department of [cell biology](/source/Cell_biology) from 1992 to 1997.[1][2] In 1997, he joined the [ETH Zurich](/source/ETH_Zurich) as a founding member of the Institute of Biochemistry.[3] His research has earned him awards for the characterization of how viruses enter cells, and methods of [protein folding](/source/Protein_folding) and assembly.[2] In 1999, he was appointed a member of the [European Molecular Biology Organization](/source/European_Molecular_Biology_Organization) (EMBO). ### Awards - 1973 Komppa Prize for the best doctoral thesis in chemistry in Finland - 1991 and 1992 [Humboldt Research Award](/source/Humboldt_Research_Award)[2] - 1992 Lamb Professorship of Molecular Pathogenesis at the [Vanderbilt University](/source/Vanderbilt_University) - 1992 NICHD Lectureship in Cell Biology des National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ([NICHD](/source/NICHD)), USA - 1993 Honorary Professor of [Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy](/source/Carol_Davila_University_of_Medicine_and_Pharmacy), [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest) - 1995 AI Virtanen Prize in Biochemistry - 1997 Spinoza Visiting Professorship at the [University of Amsterdam](/source/University_of_Amsterdam) - 2001 Elected member of the [National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina](/source/National_Academy_of_Sciences_Leopoldina) - 2002 Member of the [Academia Europaea](/source/Academia_Europaea)[4] - 2003 [Schleiden Medal](/source/Schleiden_Medal) of the Leopoldina - 2003 Foreign Member of the [Finnish Academy of Sciences](/source/Finnish_Academy_of_Sciences) - 2003 [Ernst Jung Prize](/source/Ernst_Jung_Prize) for Medicine, together with Reinhard G. Lührmann (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen) - 2007 [Order of the White Rose of Finland](/source/Order_of_the_White_Rose_of_Finland) from the Finnish government - 2007 [Marcel Benoist Prize](/source/Marcel_Benoist_Prize)[5] - 2008 Van Deenen Medal for leading research on biomembranes[6] - 2009 Elected Foreign Associate of the [National Academy of Sciences](/source/National_Academy_of_Sciences)[7] - 2010 [Otto Warburg Medal](/source/Otto_Warburg_Medal) from the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - 2010 Elected fellow of the [American Academy of Microbiology](/source/American_Academy_of_Microbiology)[8] - 2010 Bijvoet Medal of the [Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research](/source/Bijvoet_Center_for_Biomolecular_Research) at [Utrecht University](/source/Utrecht_University)[9] - 2011 Heinrich Pette Lecture of the [Heinrich Pette Institute](/source/Heinrich_Pette_Institute)[10] - 2012 [Keith R. Porter Lecture](/source/Keith_R._Porter_Lecture) - 2016 Loeffler-Frosch Medal of the Society of Virology ## References 1. ["Prof. Dr. Ari Helenius"](http://www.bc.biol.ethz.ch/research/helenius/HeleniusPeople/ari-helenius.html). *www.bc.biol.ethz.ch*. Retrieved 18 August 2018. 1. ["Mitgliederverzeichnis"](http://www.leopoldina.org/de/mitglieder/mitgliederverzeichnis/member/812/) (in German). *www.leopoldina.org*. Retrieved 14 May 2021. 1. ["Ari Helenius, PhD | The Vallee Foundation"](https://www.thevalleefoundation.org/programs/vvp/ari-helenius-phd). *www.thevalleefoundation.org*. Retrieved 18 August 2018. 1. ["Mitgliederverzeichnis: Ari Helenius"](http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Helenius_Ari). Academia Europaea. Retrieved 9 August 2017. 1. ["Ari Helenius Awarded Benoist Prize | 26 November 2007 Issue – Vol. 85 Issue 48 | Chemical & Engineering News"](https://cen.acs.org/articles/85/i48/Ari-Helenius-Awarded-Benoist-Prize.html). *cen.acs.org*. Retrieved 18 August 2018. 1. ["Van Deenen Medal"](http://www.biomembranes.nl/about/van-deenen-medal/). *Biomembranes.nl*. Institute of Biomembranes. Retrieved 13 February 2017. 1. [„Elected new members 2009“](http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=04282009) 1. ["Ari Helenius"](https://www.asm.org/index.php/aam-fellows/aam-fellows/fellows-elected-in-2010/item/5026-ari-helenius). Retrieved 18 August 2018.[dead link] 1. ["Bijvoet Medal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170912191415/http://bijvoet-center.eu/bijvoet-medal/). Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research. Archived from [the original](http://bijvoet-center.eu/bijvoet-medal/) on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017. 1. ["Einzelansicht"](https://www.leibniz-liv.de/de/aktuelles/presse/einzelansicht/article/den-tricks-der-viren-auf-der-spur/) (in German). *Leibniz-LIV*. Retrieved 19 November 2022. ## External links - [Interview in the Journal of Cell Biology](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2500126/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ari Helenius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Helenius) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Helenius?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.