Background
Siesjö, Bo Knutsson was born in 1930 in Ljusdal, Sweden, WORLD0. Son of Knut Adolf and Alice Siesjö.
Siesjö, Bo Knutsson was born in 1930 in Ljusdal, Sweden, WORLD0. Son of Knut Adolf and Alice Siesjö.
Bachelor of Medicine, University Lund, Sweden, 1954. Doctor of Medicine, University Lund, Sweden, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Lund, Sweden, 1962.
Assistant department anatomy, U. Lund, 1952-1953;
assistant department physiology, U. Lund, 1958-1959;
doctoral fellow, U. Lund, 1958-1960;
clinical research fellow department clinical chemistry, U. Lund, 1960-1961;
research associate medical faculty, U. Lund, 1961-1966;
director physiological research Department, University Lund, 1970-1990;
professor and chairman laboratory for experimental brain research, U. Lund, since 1974;
director research department at E-blocket, U. Lund, since 1974;
director Experimental Research Center, Lund U. Hospital, since 1991. Visiting scientist Institute Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge, 1962-1964;visiting professor Centre de Biochemie, U. Nice, France, 1986-1987. Consultant Astra-Arcus, Stockholm, since 1992.
Retainer Centaur Pharmaceuticals, Sunnyvale, California, since 1994. Lecturer in field.
Captain Swedish Army. Member European Society Neurochemistry, International Society Neurochemistry, International Society Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (secretary 1981-1983, president 1985-1987), American Neurological Association (honorary, The Foster Elting Bennet award 1984), American Heart Association (member stroke council), European Society for Neurosci., New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Bodil Gerd Jeppsson. Children: Peter, Viveka, Björn.