Søren-Peter Olesen
Professor
Molecular Cardiology and Membrane Proteins
Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 København N.
Education
- 1979 - MSc (elec.ing.; civilingeniør), Danish Technical University
- 1982 - MD, University of Copenhagen
- 1988 - Internship, Rigshospitalet
- 1989 - PhD (dr.med.), University of Copenhagen
Previous positions
- 1982-1986 Research assistant/PhD student, Department Med Physiol, University of Copenhagen
- 1986-1987: Visiting scientist, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Med. School, Boston, USA
- 1987-1989: Internship, Dept. of Medicine, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Copenhagen Hospitals
- 1989–1998: Head of Department, NeuroSearch A/S
- 1998-: Professor of Physiology, Department of Biomed Sci, University of Copenhagen
- 2005-2015: Director of Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia
- 2006-2015: Head of division of cardiovascular research, Dept Biomed Sci, Univ. Copenhagen
- 2009-2011: Secretary General of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- 2015-: CEO of the Danish National Research Foundation
Publications
Published more than 180 papers in international peer reviewed journals about ion channels, arrhythmia, cardiovascular- and neuro-physiology. Co-inventor on 22 issued international patents on new chemical compounds, biological principles, and technological inventions.
Scientific conferences
Co-organize several conferences each year.
Boards a.o.
- Member of the board of the Carlsberg Foundation
- Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letter
- Chairman of the Danish National Banks ’Nyhavn 18 committee’
- Chairman of the Nordea Foundation’s board for Heerings Gaard
- Honorary faculty at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
Industry
- Member of the supervisory board of The Carlsberg Group A/S and of the board of trustees of the Carlsberg Laboratory
- Member of the Board of Directors of Sophion Bioscience A/S, 2001-11
- Co-founder of Sophion Bioscience and Poseidon Pharma 2001-2, CEO of Poseidon 2002-4
- Consultant to NeuroSearch A/S, 1998-2012
- Consultant to Acesion Pharma 2012-
- Chairman of the committee making the university-industry collaboration strategy at U Cph, 2009-10
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Termination of Vernakalant-Resistant Atrial Fibrillation by Inhibition of Small-Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels in Pigs
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