News archive Prof. Dr. Michael N. Hall
March 27, 2023
Adipose tissue as a culprit: How obesity leads to diabetes
Obesity is a well-known risk factor for diabetes and fatty liver disease. Recently, the research team led by Prof. Michael N. Hall at the Biozentrum,…
November 20, 2022
Liver cancer: How liver cells go astray
Liver cancer is one of the most deadly types of cancer. The team led by Prof. Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has now…
August 16, 2021
Michael N. Hall received honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has been honored by the Senate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the…
June 03, 2021
How the key protein mTOR controls cell growth
In order to grow in size, cells require many proteins. Their production is regulated by the protein complex “mTORC1”. Researchers at the Biozentrum of…
February 04, 2020
Michael Hall awarded Sjöberg Prize 2020
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Sjöberg Prize 2020 jointly to Prof. Michael N. Hall, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, and…
January 22, 2020
Michael Hall receives the Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category Biology and Biomedicine goes in this twelfth edition to Prof. Michael N. Hall from…
July 02, 2019
Michael Hall receives the 2019 Nakasone Award
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) has announced that its 2019 Nakasone Award will be awarded to Prof. Michael Hall of the Biozentrum,…
December 11, 2018
Lethal combination: Drug cocktail turns off the “juice” to cancer cells
A widely used diabetes medication combined with an antihypertensive drug specifically inhibits tumor growth – this was discovered by the team of Prof.…
December 06, 2018
Mike Hall awarded the 2019 Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Award for Cancer Research
For his achievements in cancer research, the cell biologist Prof. Michael N. Hall, from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, has been awarded…
March 22, 2018
Researchers discover new anti-cancer protein
An international team of researchers led by Prof. Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has discovered a new anti-cancer protein.…