Michael Hall#
© Lee Matthew
| Membership Number: | 7206 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/research/groups-platforms/overview/unit/hall/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-2998-0757 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1981 Association pour le Développement de l’Institut Pasteur (ADIP) Fellow, Paris
- 1981 - 1984 Helen Hay Whitney Fellow, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF, USA
- 1984 - 1987 Principal Investigator, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF
- 1987 - 1992 Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel
- 1992 Professor of Biochemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel
- 1995 - 1998 Chairman, Division of Biochemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel
- 2002 - 2008 Chairman, Division of Biochemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel
- 2002 - 2009 Vice-Director, Biozentrum, University of Basel
- 2013 - 2016 Vice-Director, Biozentrum, University of Basel
- 2023 Distinguished Principal Investigator, Institute of Human Biology, Roche, Basel
Fields of Scholarship
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- mTOR
- Metabolism
- Signal transduction
- Cell growth control
Honours and Awards
- 2009 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Fondation Louis-Jeantet
- 2012 Marcel Benoist Prize for Sciences or Humanities, Marcel-Benoist-Stiftung
- 2013 Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, elected
- 2014 - 2020 ERC Synergy Grant, Corresponding Principal Investigator
- 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
- 2014 Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA, elected
- 2015 Canada Gairdner International Award for Biomedical Research, Gairdner Foundation
- 2016 Doctor honoris causa, University of Geneva
- 2017 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
- 2019 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine, BBVA Foundation, Spain
- 2020 Doctor honoris causa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (conferred 2024)
- 2020 Sjöberg Prize for Cancer Research, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 2023 Grande Médaille, French Academy of Sciences
- 2024 Balzan Prize for Biological Mechanisms of Aging
