Honors and Awards
1977 The Matti Äyräpää Prize Awarded by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim
1981 One of the 1000 Most-cited Scientists in 1965-78 (E. Garfield, Current Contents, October 12, 1981)
1982 The Recognition Award from the Finnish Cultural Foundation
1984 The Anders Jahre's Nordic Medical Prize
1989 The Pentti Kaitera Prize
1989 Professor of the Year (The Finnish Professor Association)
1991 The Wihuri International Prize
1991 The Meilahti Lecture of 1991, The Meilahti Hospital, University of Helsinki
1994 Distinguished Scientist Award, Fifth International Conference on the Molecular Biology and Pathology of Matrix, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
1995 The Runeberg's Prize, Finska Läkarsällskapet
1999 The Science Prize of the State of Finland (shared with T. Pihlajaniemi and L. Ala-Kokko)
1982 - Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
1983 - Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters
1986 – Honorary Member of the Finnish Connective Tissue Research Society
1989 - Member of Academia Europea (European Academy)
1994 - Honorary Member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology