Lelio Orci#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1894 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Lelio Orci passed away October 22, 2019.
Positions Held
- Distinguished Professor in the Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism in the college of Medicine in Geneva University
- 2004 Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1972-2002 Chair of the Department of Geomorphology at the Medical School of Geneva University
- 1967-1973 assistant professor at the Institute of Histology and Embryology, University of Geneva Medical Centre
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell biology
- Islets of Langerhans
- Ultrastructure and immunocytochemistry of beta cells
- Diabetes
- Insulin synthesis
Honours and Awards
- King Faisal International Prize for Medicine
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Levant in Belgium
- Honorary doctorate from the Universities of McGill and Guelph in Canada
- Member of the European Academy of Science
- Member of the the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
- Member of the the US National Academy of Science
- Honorary Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
- Member of the Italian Diabetes Society
- Member of the Argentine’s Physiological Society
- Order of Commander of Honor by the Italian Government
- 1973 – Minkowski Prize (European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
- 1977 – Nessim Habif Prize
- 1979 – Fernand Tissot Prize
- 1978 – Mack-Foster Award (European Society for Clinical Investigation)
- 1978 – David Rumbough Award (American Juvenile Diabetes Foundation)
- 1981 – Banting Medal (American Diabetes Association)
- 1983 – Dale Medal (Society for Endocrinology)
- 1985 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine
- 1986 Otto Naegeli Prize for Medicine
- 1986 Special Golgi Award (European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
- 1987 Morgagni Medal (G.B. Morgagni International Prizes)
- 1991 Elliot P. Joslin Award (Massachusetts Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association)
- 1998 Member of the Senate of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1998 Foreign Member of National Academy of Sciences
- 1999 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2000 Lucien Dautrebande Triennial Prize (The Physiopathology Foundation)
- 2007 Honorary Fellow of the European Association for Diabetes Research
- 2007 Leon Lombarti Prize
- The Lelio Orci Award for advances in cell biology was established in 2015
