1. Patrik Rorsman was born on 1959 and is a Swedish scientist who is Professor of Diabetic Medicine at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, in the Radcliffe Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford.
Patrik Rorsman was for short time the Canadian Excellence in Research Chair in Diabetes at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, before being reappointed a Professor at the University of Oxford in 2011.
Patrik Rorsman's research investigates exocytosis, ion channels and diabetes mellitus type 2.
Patrik Rorsman's research been funded by the Medical Research Council, the Royal Society, the Wolfson Foundation, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Wellcome Trust and the Government of Canada.
Patrik Rorsman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014.
Patrik Rorsman is an outstanding cell physiologist who has made distinguished contributions to our understanding of how the insulin- and glucagon-producing cells of the pancreatic islets regulate the plasma glucose concentration.
Patrik Rorsman's pioneering work is a shining example of post-genomic experimental diabetes research that integrates an unusual breadth of sophisticated methods and has clinical implications.
Patrik Rorsman has trained a school of excellent young investigators.
Patrik Rorsman was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2010.
Patrik Rorsman is Professor of Diabetic Medicine at the University of Oxford.
Patrik Rorsman has been at the forefront of pancreatic islets research for more than 20 years.
Patrik Rorsman was awarded the Minkowski Prize in 1996, the Goran Gustafsson Prize in 2003 and the Albert Renold Prize in 2013.