Felix Mitelman, born August 26, 1940 is a Swedish geneticist

Geneticist

A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or...

 and is Professor of Clinical Genetics in Lund

Lund

-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. He is best known for his pioneering work on chromosome changes in cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

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He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...

, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...

, and is a member of the Board of the European Cytogeneticists Association. In 2007 he was awarded the Nordic Fernström prize and in 2008 the Söderberg Prize in Medicine. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer.

Key publications

In total, Mitelman has co-authored more than 700 academic papers. He maintains a database of all published chromosome aberrations in neoplastic disorders, with clinical features, now numbering more than 57,000 cases (as of November 2009). The Mitelman Database of Chromosome Aberrations in Cancer also contains information on the molecular genetic and clinical consequences of cancer-associated chromosome aberrations. The database is available on-line. (See below.)

• Mitelman F: Catalog of Chromosome Aberrations in Cancer, Wiley-Liss, New York, 1983–1998
• Heim S & Mitelman F: Cancer Cytogenetics, 3rd Ed., Wiley-Blackwell, New York, 2009

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