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CV of Prof. Dr. Silvia Arber
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| Nationality: | Swiss | |
| Positions: | ||
| 2015 – 2018 | Deputy Director of the Biozentrum | |
| Since 2008 | Full Professor for Neurobiology/Cell Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel | |
| 2004 – 2008 | Associate Professor for Neurobiology/Cell Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel | |
| Since 2004 | Senior Group Leader, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland | |
| 2000 – 2004 | Assistant Professor for Neurobiology/Cell Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel and Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland | |
| 1996 – 2000 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University, HHMI, New York, USA | |
| Education: | ||
| 1995 | PhD, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | |
| 1991 | BSc, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | |
| Selected Awards & Honors: | ||
| 2024 | Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Geneva | |
| 2023 | Sir Charles Sherrington Prize Lecture 2023, University of Oxford | |
| 2023 | Karl Spencer Award of the American Philosophical Society | |
| 2022 | The Brain Prize 2022 | |
| 2019 | Lelio Orci Award 2019 | |
| 2019 | Grand Prix Charles-Léopold Mayer of the French Academy of Science | |
| 2019 | Betty and David Koetser Memorial Prize 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Physiological Society Annual Review Prize Lecture 2019 | |
| 2019 | Fyssen Foundation International Prize 2018 | |
| 2018 | W. Alden Spencer Award | |
| 2018 | FENS EJN Award 2018 | |
| 2018 | Pradel Research Award of the National Academy of Sciences | |
| 2017 | Novartis VIVA Leading Scientist Award | |
| 2017 | Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine | |
| 2016 | ERC Advanced Grant | |
| 2015 | Remedios Caro Almela Prize in Developmental Neurobiology | |
| 2014 | City of Basel Science Award 2014 | |
| 2014 | Otto Naegeli Prize for Medical Research | |
| 2010 | ERC Advanced Grant | |
| 2008 | Friedrich Miescher Award | |
| 2005 | Schellenberg Prize | |
| 2003 | National Latsis Prize | |
| 2001 | EMBO Young Investigator Award 2000 | |
| 1999 | Human Frontier Science Program Award for Young InvestigatorsHuman Frontier Science Program Award for Young Investigators | |
| 1998 | Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship | |
| 1998 | Pfizer Research Prize | |
| 1997 | Best Thesis of the Year, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Basel | |
| 1996 | Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-Term Fellowship | |
| 1996 | E. Fisher Best Thesis Prize, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel | |
| 1992 | Swiss Foundation for Research on Muscle Diseases Fellowship | |
| Selected Memberships: | ||
| Since 2023 | European Academy of Neurology | |
| Since 2020 | Member of the US National Academy of Sciences | |
| Since 2014 | Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science | |
| Since 2014 | Member, Academia Europaea | |
| Since 2005 | EMBO Member | |
| Since 2004 | Member, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences | |