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Ole Holger Petersen CBE, FMedSci, FRS (born 3 March 1943) is a research professor at Cardiff University where he studies physiology, especially calcium signalling and the pancreas. He was born in 1943 in Copenhagen, 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 Liverpool.[1] He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).