Category:Kai Simons

**Kai Simons**
	Finnish physician (MD, PhD), biochemist and molecular biologist
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Date of birth	24 May 1938; Helsinki
Country of citizenship	Finland;
Residence	Germany;
Educated at	University of Helsinki (Doctor of Medicine, –1964); University of Helsinki (Doctor of Philosophy, medicine, –1964);
Occupation	biochemist; molecular biologist; university teacher; businessman;
Employer	The Rockefeller University; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (2006–); Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (director, 1998–2006); European Molecular Biology Laboratory (team leader, 1975–2000); European Molecular Biology Laboratory (1982–1998);
Member of	German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1999–); Academia Europaea (AE section Cell and developmental biology, 1989–); Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (corresponding member, 1987–); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997–); National Academy of Sciences (Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, 1997–); Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters (1977–); European Molecular Biology Organization (1975–);
Field of work	biochemistry;
Award received	Matti Äyräpää Prize (2003); Robert Koch Gold Medal (2016); Keith R. Porter Lecture (1990); Schleiden Medal (2001); J. W. Runeberg Prize (1997); A. I. Virtanen Award (2006); Van Deenen Medal (2005); Anders Jahre's Awards for Medical Research (1991); EMBO Membership;
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English: Kai Simons (born 24 May 1938) is a Finnish professor of biochemistry and cell biology living and working in Germany. He introduced the concept of lipid rafts, as well as coining the term trans-Golgi network and proposing its role in protein and lipid sorting.