Background
Fuxe, Kjell Gunnar was born on April 25, 1938 in Stockholm. Son of Nils G. and Linnea Fuxe.
Fuxe, Kjell Gunnar was born on April 25, 1938 in Stockholm. Son of Nils G. and Linnea Fuxe.
Bachelor in Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden, 1959. Doctor Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden, 1965. Honorary Doctorate, Marquis Guiseppe Scicluna International University Foundation, 1988.
Doctor Honoris Causa, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, 1992. Doctorate Honoris Causa, Albert Einstein International Academy Foundation, 1993. Doctorate (honorary), University Barcelona, Spain, 1998.
Doctorate (honorary), University Ferrara, 2002. Doctorate (honorary), University Malaga, 2007.
Assistant professor medicine Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 1965. Researcher Swedish Medical Research Council, 1966. Associate professor of Histology Karolinska Institutet, 1968-1979, professor Histology, since 1979.
Visiting professor College de France, 1983, Univeristy Barcelona, Spain, 1992, Arthur M. Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology, 1992. Professor Pharmacology Jefferson Medical College Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986. Lecturer Cass Memorial Lecture, Dundee, United Kingdom,, 1993, M. Goldstein Memorial Lecturer, New York, 2000.
Member scientific board Kuratorium of the Max del Bruck Center for Molecular Medicine, 1992.
Member Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, American Parkinson Disease Association (member medical advisory board), Italian Academy of Sciences (Bologna Academy), Nobel Assembly, Academia Europaea, Foundation IPSEN Jury (Paris), American College Neuropsychopharmacology, European College Neuropsychopharmacology, College International Neuropsychopharmacology.
Married Lisbeth Fuxe, April 30, 1968. Children: Jonas, Jorgen, Jenny.