Benno Müller-Hill#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 378 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.genetik.uni-koeln.de/groups/Mueller-Hill/Cv.htm#top |
Benno Müller-Hill passed away August 11, 2018.
Present and Positions Held
- since 1998 Emeritus Professor of Genetics at the Institut für Genetik der Universität zu Köln, Köln
- 1968 - 1998 Professor of Genetics (o.Prof.) at the Institut für Genetik der Universität zu Köln, Köln
- 1965 - 1968 Research fellow, Harvard University, Biological Laboratories, in the Laboratory of Professors Gilbert and Watson
- 1963 - 1964 Research fellow, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Microbiology, in the Laboratory of Professor Rickenberg
Fields of Scholarship
- Protein-DNA interaction
- Gene control
- History of human genetics in Nazi Germany
Honours and Awards
- 1976 Member of European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
- 1976 Humboldt Price (France)
- 1989 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1989 Lectures and Medal of the College de France, Paris
- 1990 Member of The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)
- 1991 Honorary Fellow of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- 2000 Doctor honoris causa of the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa
- 2005 Honorable Member of the German Genetics Society
