Alumni Awards & Honors
Abbreviations:
AAAS = American Association for the Advancement of Science / AMACAD = American Academy of Arts and Sciences / EMBO = European Molecular Biology Organisation / Leopoldina = German Academy of Science Leopoldina / NAS = National Academy of Sciences
Name | Affiliation & Research Area | Selected Awards & Honors |
| Prof. em. Ruedi Aebersold | ETH Zurich, Switzerland Systems Biology | EMBO / Leopoldina / Otto Naegeli Prize / Marcel Benoist Prize |
| Prof. em. Ueli Aebi | University of Basel, Switzerland Structural Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. Markus Affolter | University of Basel, Switzerland Growth & Development | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. Siv G.E. Andersson | Uppsala University, Sweden Evolutionary Biology | EMBO / Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Prof. Silvia Arber | University of Basel, Switzerland Neurobiology | AAAS / EMBO / NAS / Louis Jeantet Prize / Otto Naegeli Prize |
| Prof. em. Werner Arber | University of Basel, Switzerland Microbiology | Nobel Prize AMACAD / EMBO / NAS |
| Prof. em. Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas | Harvard University, USA Cell Biology | AAAS / AMACAD / EMBO / NAS |
| Prof. em. Yves-Alain Barde | Cardiff University, England Neurobiology | EMBO / Royal Society |
| Prof. Hugo J. Bellen | Baylor College of Medicine, USA Molecular & Human Genetics | AMACAD / EMBO/ NAS |
| Prof. em. Thomas Bickle | University of Basel, Switzerland Microbiology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Walter Birchmeier | Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany Development and Cancer | EMBO |
| PD em. Christine Brack | Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel, Switzerland Molecular Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Max M. Burger | Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland, Biochemistry | AMACAD / EMBO / Otto Naegeli Prize |
| Prof. em. Volkmar Braun | University of Tübingen, Germany Microbiology | Leopoldina |
| Prof. Dr. Leena Bruckner-Tuderman | Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany Dermatology | Leopoldina |
| Prof. Dirk Bumann | University of Basel, Switzerland Infection Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Gerhard Christofori | University of Basel, Switzerland Cancer Research | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Guy Cornelis | University of Basel, Switzerland Infection Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. Fiona Doetsch | University of Basel, Switzerland Neurobiology | EMBO |
| Prof. Eddy De Robertis | University of California, Los Angeles, USA Biological Chemistry | AMACAD / EMBO / NAS |
| Prof. Christoph Dehio | University of Basel, Switzerland Infection Biology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Jacques Dubochet | University of Lausanne, Switzerland Biophysics | Nobel Prize EMBO |
| Prof. Martin Eilers | Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg, Germany Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Andreas Engel | University of Basel, Switzerland Structural Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Jürgen Engel | University of Basel, Switzerland Biophysical Chemistry | EMBO |
| Prof. em. William E. Evans | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA Pharmacogenomics | Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Richard M. Franklin | University of Basel, Switzerland Structural Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Susan Gasser | ISREC Foundation, Switzerland Molecular Biology and Genetics | AAAS / EMBO / Leopoldina / NAS / Otto Naegeli Prize |
| Prof. em. Walter Gehring | University of Basel, Switzerland Developmental Biology & Genetics | AAAS / AMACAD / EMBO / NAS / Kyoto Prize / Balzan Prize / Gairdner Award / Louis Jeantet Prize / Otto Naegli Prize |
| Prof. Amy Gladfelter | Duke University, USA Cell Biology | AMACAD |
| Prof. em. Werner Goebel | University of Würzburg, Germany Microbiology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. Ulrich Grossniklaus | University of Zürich, Switzerland Developmental Genetics | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Jörg Hacker | University of Würzburg, Germany Microbiology and Immunology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Ernst Hafen | ETH Zurich, Switzerland Developmental Genetics | EMBO / Otto Naegeli Prize |
| Prof. Michael N. Hall | University of Basel, Switzerland Cell Growth and Development | AAAS / EMBO / NAS / Lasker Award / Gairdner Award / Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences / Louis Jeantet Prize / Marcel Benoist Prize |
| Prof. Mary E. Hatten | Rockenfeller University, USA Neurosciences | AMACAD / NAS |
| Prof. Volker Haucke | Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Germany Pharmacology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. Joseph Heitman | Duke University, USA Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | AAAS/ Leopoldina / NAS |
| Prof. em. Hauke Henneecke | ETH Zurich, Switzerland Microbiology | Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Barbara Hohn | Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland Genetics | EMBO / Royal Society |
| Prof. em. Thomas Hohn | Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland Virology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Eduard Christian Hurt | University of Heidelberg, Germany Biochemistry | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. David Ish-Horowicz | University College London, England Cell and Developmental Biology | EMBO / Royal Society |
| Prof. em. Johan N. Jansonius | University of Basel, Switzerland Structural Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. Urs Jenal | University of Basel, Switzerland Infection Biology | AAAS / EMBO |
| Prof. em. Eduard Kellenberger | University of Basel, Switzerland Microbiology | EMBO / Marcel Benoist Prize |
| Prof. Beat Keller | University of Zurich, Switzerland Molecular Plant Biology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Walter Keller | University of Basel, Switzerland Cell Biology | EMBO / Louis Jeantet Prize |
| Prof. em. Angela Kraemer | University of Geneva Molecular and Cell Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Michael Levine | Princeton University, USA Genetics & Genomics | AMACAD / EMBO/ NAS |
| Prof. Joachim Lingner | EFPL, Switzerland Cell Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. Kaspar Locher | ETH Zurich, Switzerland Structural Biology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. Robbie Loewith | University of Geneva, Switzerland Cell and Developmental Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Christos Louis | Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Greece Genomics | EMBO |
| Prof. Karolin Luger | University of Colorado Boulder, USA Structural Biology | AMACAD / EMBO / NAS |
| Prof. Andreas Lüthi | Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland Neurobiology | EMBO |
| Prof. Susan Mango | University of Basel, Switzerland Cell Growth and Development | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Iain Mattaj | Human Technopole, Italy Biochemistry and Cell Biology | AMACAD / NAS / EMBO / Leopoldina / Royal Society / Louis Jeantet Prize |
| Prof. em. Urs A. Meyer | University of Basel, Switzerland Pharmacology | Cloëtta Prize |
| Prof. em. William McGinnis | University of San Diego, USA Cell and Developmental Biology | AMACAD / NAS |
| Prof. Sabeeha Merchant | University of California, Berkley, USA Plant and Microbial Biology | AMACAD / NAS / Leopoldina |
| Prof. Marek Mlodzik | Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA Cell and Developmental Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. Daniel J. Müller | ETH Zurich, Switzerland Biophysics | EMBO |
| Prof. em. John G. Nicholls | University of Basel, Switzerland Pharmacology | EMBO / Royal Society |
| Prof. em. Erich Nigg | University of Basel, Switzerland Cell Biology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | Max Planck Institute, Germany Developmental Biology and Genetics | Nobel Prize AMACAD / EMBO / NAS / Leopolodina / Royal Society / Louis Jeantet Prize / Lasker Award / Leibniz Prize |
| Prof. Mary Anne O´Connell | CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Czech Republic Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Franz Oesch | Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany Toxicology and Pharmacology | Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Renato Paro | ETH Zurich, Switzerland Biophysics | EMBO |
| Prof. Josef Pfeilschifter | Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany Toxicology and Pharmacology | Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Peter Philippsen | University of Basel, Switzerland Microbiology | AAAS / EMBO |
| Prof. em. Anthony Pugsley | Institute Pasteur, France Microbiology and Immunology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. Carlos Ribeiro | Champalimaud Research, Portugal Neurosciences | EMBO |
| Prof. Howard Riezman | University of Geneva, Switzerland Biochemistry | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Jürg Rosenbusch | University of Basel, Switzerland Biochemistry | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Gottfried Schatz | University of Basel, Switzerland Biochemistry | AMACAD / EMBO / NAS / Gairdner Award / Louis Jeantet Prize / Marcel Benoist Prize |
| Prof. Peter Scheiffele | University of Basel, Switzerland Neurobiology | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Randy Schekman | University of California, Berkley, USA Cell and Developmental Biology | Nobel Prize AAAS / AMACAD / EMBO / NAS |
| Prof. Alex Schier | University of Basel, Switzerland Growth & Development | AAAS / EMBO / NAS |
| Porf. em. Martin Schwab | ETH Zurich, Switzerland Neurosciences | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Joachim Seelig | University of Basel, Switzerland Structural Biology | EMBO / Cloëtta Prize |
| Prof. Anne Spang | University of Basel, Switzerland Growth and Development | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. em. Martin Spiess | University of Basel, Switzerland Biochemistry | EMBO |
| Prof. Michel Steinmetz | Paul Scherrer Insitute, Switzerland Biochemistry | EMBO |
| Prof. em. Jonathan P. Stoye | Francis Crick Institute, England Virology | Royal Society |
| Prof. Andreas Strasser | WEHI University of Melbourne, Australia Blood Cells and Blood Cancer | EMBO |
| Prof. Kostas Tokatidis | University of Glasgow, Scotland Biochemistry | EMBO |
| Prof. Gisou Van der Goot | EPFL, Switzerland Microbiology | EMBO |
| Prof. Dietmar Vestweber | Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Germany Vascular Cell Biology | EMBO / Leopoldina |
| Prof. Marcel Weber | University of Geneva, Switzerland Philosophy of Science | Leopoldina |
| Prof. Robert J White | University of New York, USA Biochemistry | EMBO |
| Prof. Eric Wieschaus | Princeton University, USA Cell and Developmental Biology | Nobel Prize AMACAD / EMBO / NAS |
| Prof. Matthias Wilmanns | EMBL Hamburg, Germany Structural Biology | Leopoldina |
| Prof. Mihaela Zavolan | University of Basel, Switzerland Computational Biology | EMBO |
| Prof. Rolf Zeller | University of Basel, Switzerland Developmental Genetics | EMBO |