Curriculum Vitae for Professor Rune Blomhoff

Personal: Born 22^nd of January 1955 in Drammen, Norway.

Address: Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1046 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway (email: rune.blomhoff@medisin.uio.no , homepage: www.blomhoff.no )

Education:

• MSc, Biochemistry (1981), University of Oslo

• PhD, Inst. of Nutrition(1985), University of Oslo

 Appointments/ position:

• Head, Department of Nutrition, Inst of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO (2008- )

• Professor, Inst of Basic Medical Sciences, Dept of Nutrition, UiO (1990- ).

• Senior Research Scientist, Norwegian Cancer Society/UiO (1985-1990).

• Research Fellow, Norwegian Council on Cardiovascular Disease/UiO (1981-1984).

 Scientific administrative experience:

• Head of the educational board, semester 4A for students in medicine, nutrition and odontology, Univesity of Oslo (2006- ).

• Coordinator of workpackage on Molecular Imaging of Inflammation, Diagnostic Molecular Imaging (DiMI), EU Network of Excellence (NoE) (2005-present)

• Partner of the European ISAFRUIT Integrated Project (2005-present).

• Partner of the European Nutrigenomics Organisation, EU NoE (2004-present).

• Member of the National Nutrition Council (1991-1999 and 2003 – present).

• Head of the educational board at the Institute for Nutrition, UiO (1994-2000).

• Head of Scientific Committee for Basic Medical Sciences, Research Council of Norway (1991-1995).

 Awards:

• Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2003)

• Innovation Prize. Oslo Research Park (Molecular imaging of protein kinase activity in transgenic mice) (2002)

• Olav Torgersens Research Prize, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo (1998).

• King Olav V’s Prize for Cancer Research, Norwegian Cancer Society (1996)

• The book “Vitamin A in Health and Disease”, edited by Rune Blomhoff selected as one of the Best Health Science Books in the world in 1994/95 by Doody’s Rating Service (1996).

• Anders Jahres Medical Award (1992)

• Medicine & Health” Centre of Excellence by the Research Council of Norway (1990-1995)

• Mead Johnson Award, American Institute of Nutrition (1988)..

Research group and Staff:  5 post-docs, 10 PhD students, 3 Master students and 2 technicians. Previous supervisions: 20 PhD, 15 MSc.

Research activities and achievements: The major scientific contribution has been related to studies on absorption, transport, storage and function of retinoids (vitamin A), dietary antioxidants and their role in oxidative stress related diseases, as well as molecular imaging in transgenic reporter mice. About 200 papers in refereed journals including Science, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (3x), Dev Biol (2x), FASEB J (2x), J Immunol (2x), J Biol Chem (10x), Physiol Rev, Mol Cell Biol, Ann Rev Nutr, Am J Clin Nutr (5x), Blood (2x), Curr Opin Lipidol, FEBS letters, Exp Cell Res (7x), J Biochem (13x), Cancers Letters, Mech Ageing Dev, J Lipid Res (6x), Am J Physiol, Biochem Biophys Res Commun, J Am Soc Nephrol, Hepatology.

Total publications and citing frequency: 193 publications in refereed journals (Mars 2008, ISI), about 50 other publications in books and other journals. Total citations: 4,782; average citations: 24.3 (Mars 2008, ISI)

 Other professional activities:

• Major responsibility for official Norwegian dietary recommendations (Dietary infant recommendations (1992), Fruit and vegetables (“5-a-day”, 1996), and “Dietary recommendations for Norway” (2008)

• Invited speaker at about 100 int. conf. and about 60 universities worldwide. Many interviews in national and international TV, radio, and newspaper every year. Last year e.g. Korean, Japanese and Norwegian TV, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and other newspapers in US, UK, Canada, Japan, Russia, India, Sweden and Norway)