Background
Arber, Werner was born on June 3, 1929 in Gränichen, Switzerland.
Arber, Werner was born on June 3, 1929 in Gränichen, Switzerland.
Graduate, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ), 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Geneva, 1958.
Assistant, Laboratory Biophysics, U. Geneva, 1953-1958; docent, then extraordinary professor molecular genetics, Laboratory Biophysics, U. Geneva, 1962-1970; research associate department microbiology, University of Southern California, 1958-1959; visiting investigator department molecular biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1971; professor microbiology, U. Basel (Switzerland), 1971-1996; rector, U. Basel (Switzerland), 1986-1988.
Member of National Academy of Sciences (associate), Pontifical Academy of Sciences, International Council of Scientific (president 1996-1999).
Married; 2 children.