Published “Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 2,114 times.
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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method".
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science · Finnish chemist and professor · chemist · biochemist · university teacher · inventor · agronomist · also Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Artturi I. Virtanen, A. I. Virtanen, Artturi Virtanen, Virtanen
Born 15 January 1895 · Died 11 November 1973 · Q157239
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2024· 1 entry
2021· 2 entries
Published “Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants” in The Lancet — cited 3,189 times.
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Published “2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease” in European Heart Journal — cited 5,021 times.
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2020· 2 entries
Published “SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python” in Nature Methods — cited 36,806 times.
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Published “Array programming with NumPy” in Nature — cited 23,655 times.
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2017· 2 entries
Published “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 5,591 times.
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Published “Fundamentals and advances in magnesium alloy corrosion” in Progress in Materials Science — cited 2,016 times.
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2016· 2 entries
Published “The<i>Gaia</i>mission” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 6,433 times.
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Published “Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants” in The Lancet — cited 2,856 times.
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2012· 1 entry
Published “Beige Adipocytes Are a Distinct Type of Thermogenic Fat Cell in Mouse and Human” in Cell — cited 3,002 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth” in Science — cited 3,525 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “Functional Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Adults” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 2,681 times.
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1973· 1 entry
Died 1973-11-11.
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1971).
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1953).
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1952).
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1951· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Agriculture (1951).
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Awarded commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (1951).
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1945· 5 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1945).
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Awarded Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1945).
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Awarded Cross of Liberty, 2nd Class (1945).
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Virtanen received the Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry"
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1943· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1943).
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1933· 1 entry
Bought a farm near Helsinki where he tested some of his scientific results in practice
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1932· 1 entry
Was basically a kind of silage that improved the storage of green fodder, which is important during long winters
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1931· 1 entry
And at the University of Helsinki in 1939
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1930· 1 entry
The Institute for Biochemistry was founded and Virtanen stayed there until his death in 1973
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1925· 1 entry
His interests shifted to the nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the root nodules of leguminous plants
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1924· 1 entry
Known for his lectures on chemistry of life
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1923· 1 entry
In Sweden he worked with Hans von Euler-Chelpin, who was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929
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1919· 1 entry
Started to work in the laboratories of Valio, a large producer of dairy products and became director of the laboratory in 1920
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1918· 1 entry
Won Memorial medal of the War of Liberation (1918).
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1895· 2 entries
Born 1895-01-15.
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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was born on 15 January 1895, in Helsinki, Finland .
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