Michael Nip Hall[1] | |
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Born | [2] | June 12, 1953
Nationality | Swiss American |
Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
Known for | Discovery and research of TOR |
Awards | Balzan Prize Sjöberg Prize Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Szent-Györgyi Prize Canada Gairdner International Award Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Sir Hans Krebs Medal Marcel Benoist Prize Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Molecular biology |
Institutions | University of Basel University of California, San Francisco Pasteur Institute |
Thesis | Genetic studies on the regulation of the major outer membrane porin proteins of Escherichia coli K-12 (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | Thomas J. Silhavy |
Michael Nip Hall (born 12 June 1953) is an American-Swiss molecular biologist and professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland.[4] He discovered TOR, a protein central for regulating cell growth.