| ORCID | | 0000-0002-6261-250X |
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| Nationality: | Swiss |
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| 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 |
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| Education: | 1995 | PhD, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1991 | BSc, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland |
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| Selected Awards & Honors: | 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 |
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| Selected Memberships: | 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 |
