Max M. Burger#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1865 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Max M. Burger passed away November 2, 2019.
Positions Held
- 2005 Professor Emeritus, University of Basel
- 1987-2000 Director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel
- 1970-1987 Professor of Biochemistry at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel
- 1966-1972 Professor at the department of Biochemical Sciences, Princeton University
Fields of Scholarship
- Biochemistry
Honours and Awards
- 1971 Selman A. Waksman Medal
- 1974 Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization EMBO
- 1975 Otto Naegeli Prize
- 1988 Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1997 Member of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences (Schweizerischen Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften)
- 1999 Cancer Prize (Krebspreis) of the Swiss Cancer Association
- 2005 Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
