Background
Michell, Robert Hall was born on April 16, 1941 in Yeovil, Somerset, England. Son of Rowland Charles and Elsie Lorna (Hall) Michell.
Michell, Robert Hall was born on April 16, 1941 in Yeovil, Somerset, England. Son of Rowland Charles and Elsie Lorna (Hall) Michell.
Bachelor of Science, University Birmingham, England, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Birmingham, England, 1965. Doctor of Science, University Birmingham, England, 1978.
Research fellow Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1966-1968, University Birmingham, 1965-1966, senior research fellow, 1968-1970, lecturer, 1970-1981, senior lecturer, 1981-1984, reader in biochemistry, 1984-1986, professor biochemistry, 1986-1987, Royal Society research professor, since 1987. Consultant, lecturer in field. Rutherford lecturer Royal Society United Kingdom-Canada.
Member editorial board Cell Calcium, 1974-1978, 79-89, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Scs., since 1989, Journal Molecular Endocrinology, since 1991, Molecular Membrane Biology, since 1993. Member editorial advisory panel Bio-chemical Journal, 1981-1982, editorial board, 1982-1988.Member editorial board Current Opinion in Cell Biology, since 1988, editor, 1989-1991. Member advisory board Biological Sciences Review, since 1988. Contributor numerous articles to professional journals.
Member research board Medical Research Council, 1985-1990. Member advisory panel Leukaemia Research Fund, 1989-1992. Member science advisory committee Paterson Institute Cancer Research, since 1992.
Member fellowship committee British Heart Foundation, since 1992. Member fellowships committee Arthritis and Rheumatism Council, since 1993. Member advisory board Beit Memorial Trust, since 1993.
Fellow Royal Society (Chemical Industries Basel medal and prize 1988, member council since 1996). Member European Molecular Biology Organization, European Molecular Biology Organization, British Association for the Advancement of Science (president medical section), British Society Cell Biology, Brain Research Association, International Brain Research Organization, Bio-chemical Society.
Birdwatching, photography, modem literature, wildernesses.
Married June Mary Michell, January 1966 (divorced November 1970). Married Esther Margaret Oppenheim, July 1992. Children: Jo, Naomi, Ben.