Background
Hall grew up in South America (Venezuela, Peru).
university professor molecular biologist
Hall grew up in South America (Venezuela, Peru).
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Genetics from Harvard University in 1981.
Hall was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and at the University of California, San Francisco. He was appointed an Assistant Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel in 1987, and became a Full Professor in 1992. From 1995 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2009 he was head of the Division of Biochemistry, and from 2002 until 2009 was Deputy Director of the Biozentrum.
1995 Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (European Molecular Biology Organization) 2003 Cloëtta Prize for Biomedical Research 2009 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2009 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine 2012 Marcel Benoist Prize for Humanities or Science 2013 Member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences 2014 Sir Hans Krebs Medal, Federation of European Biochemical Societies (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Sciences 2014 Synergy Grant, European Research Council (European Research Council) 2014 Member of the National Academy of Sciences United States of America 2015 Canada Gairdner International Award.
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1995 Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (European Molecular Biology Organization)
2013 Member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
2014 Member of the National Academy of Sciences United States of America.
