Ole Holger Petersen (born 3 March 1943) is a research professor at Cardiff University where he studies physiology, especially calcium signalling and the

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. He was born in 1943 in

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, the first son of Joergen Petersen, an officer in the Danish navy, and Elisabeth née Klein, a pianist. Prior to this he was Symers Professor of Physiology at the University of Dundee, and then George Holt Professor of Physiology at the University of Liverpoo

Petersen was elected a member of the

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in 1988. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathemat ...

(FRS) in 2000 "for his major contributions to the understanding of the cell physiology of calcium signalling", and appointed a

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours, "for services to Science". He is also a

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(FMedSci).

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* 1943 births Academics of Cardiff University University of Copenhagen alumni Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Fellows of the Royal Society Living people Members of Academia Europaea Presidents of The Physiological Society {{biochemist-stub