Professor Kjell Bertheussen has passed away
Feb 14, 2011
Professor Kjell Bertheussen, University of Tromsø has passed away on February 14th 2011. He was 63 years old.
Kjell Bertheussen obtained his PhD in comparative immunology at the University of Tromsø and he spend the majority of his career at this University where he was appointed Professor of Reproductive Biology in 1991. Professor Bertheussen has spend shorter periods of his professional career at Universities in the US and Australia, as well as 1 year (2002) as visiting scientist and responsible for Research and Development at ORIGIO a/s. Professor Bertheussens research has concentrated on cellular physiology and methabolism, since the late 1986 with special focus on reproductive biology. Professor Bertheussen is the author of a significant number of scientific publications.
Professor Bertheussen was one of the three Norwegian founders of ORIGIO a/s (formerly Medicult a/s) in 1987. His research and patented technology founded the initial basis for ORIGIO Medicult Media and particularly the unique serum replacement, SSR®, which today is a constituent of many of ORIGIOs media products.
Since the early days of ORIGIO a/s there has been a close collaboration with Professor Bertheussen, and his deep insight into biochemistry and cellular biology has been of great value to ORIGIO a/s.