Sir Michael Berridge#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 459 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Sir Michael Berridge passed away February 13, 2020.
Positions Held
- 2003 Emeritus Babraham Fellow
- 1996 - 2003 Head of Signalling, Babraham Institute
- 1990 - 1996 Deputy Chief Scientific Officer (Grade 4), Laboratory of Molecular Signalling, Babraham Institute
- 1978 - 1990 Senior Principal Scientific Officer, Unit of Insect, Neurophysiology and Pharmacology, Cambridge
- 1972 - 1978 Principal Scientific Officer, Unit of Invertebrate Chemistry and Physiology, Cambridge
- 1969 - 1972 Senior Scientific Officer, Unit of Invertebrate Chemistry and Physiology, Cambridge University
- 1967 - 1969 Research Associate, Case Western University
- 1966 - 1967 Post-doctoral Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
- 1965 - 1966 Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Virginia
- 1965 PhD University of Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- The role of calcium (Ca2+) in the mode of action of hormones and neurotransmitters
- The role of inositol lipids in the action of calcium-mobilizing hormones
- Agonists stimulation of lipid hydrolysis to release both diacylglycerol and inositol trisphosphate (IP3)
- Spatiotemporal aspects of calcium signalling
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Honorary Degree, University of Liverpool
- 2005 The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
- 1999 Ernst Schering Prize (Ernst Schering Research Foundation, Berlin)
- 1998 Knight Bachelor
- 1998 Honorary Fellowship- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- 1996 The Massry Prize in Nephrology, Physiology and Related Fields (The Meira and Shaul G. Massry Foundation, USA)
- 1995 The Wolf Foundation Prize in Medicine (Israel)
- 1994 Honorary Professor of Cell Signalling (University of Cambridge)
- 1994 Dr H P Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
- 1993 Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa (Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium)
- 1991 Royal Medal (The Royal Society)
- 1991 CIBA-GEIGY/DREW Award in Biomedical Research
- 1990 Rita Levi Montalcini Award Lecture (Fidia Research Foundation, Washington DC)
- 1990 Dale Medal (Society for Endocrinology)
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1989 Baly Medal (Royal College of Physicians, London)
- 1989 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- 1988 Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1987 William Bate Hardy Prize (Cambridge Philosophical Society)
- 1987 Abraham White Scientific Achievement Award (George Washington University School of Medicine)
- 1986 The King Faisal International Prize in Science
- 1986 Louis Jeantet Prize in Medicine
- 1984 Feldberg Prize
- 1984 Elected Fellow of The Royal Society
