Bertil Hille
Bertil Hille (born October 10, 1940 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American biologist and professor at the University of Washington .
Life
Bertil Hille is the son of Einar Hille . He earned a bachelor's degree in zoology from Yale University in New Haven , Connecticut , in 1962 . In 1967 he earned a Ph.D. from Rockefeller University in New York City. in life sciences (life sciences) . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked at the University of Cambridge in England, among others .
In 1968 Hille received a first professorship (assistant professor) for physiology and biophysics at the University of Washington in Seattle and in 1974 a full professorship.
Act
Hille published fundamental work on ion channels . Numerous researches were carried out on axons of frogs . As early as the early 1960s, Hille postulated the existence of ion channels and their ability to open and close again under certain conditions. He also researched the relationship between the size of the ion channel and the size of the associated ion . In the 1970s he researched the effect of local anesthetics on ion channels. His work was also fundamental to understanding why drugs can induce or treat cardiac arrhythmias . Hilles textbook Ionic Channels in Excitable Membranes has appeared in several editions and is considered a standard work. More recent work deals with G-protein-coupled receptors and calcium as a second messenger .
Awards (selection)
- 1986 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 1996 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize together with Clay Armstrong
- 1998 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1999 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research together with Clay Armstrong and Roderick MacKinnon
- 2001 Gairdner Foundation International Award
literature
- Who's Who in America. 66th Edition, Volume 1: A – L. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights 2011, ISBN 978-0-8379-7031-8 (Volume 1), ISBN 978-0-8379-7035-6 (Complete Works ), ISSN 0083-9396 , pp. 1987-1988
Web links
- Bertil Hille at washington.edu; accessed on January 24, 2016
- Hille Lab at washington.edu; accessed on January 24, 2016
- Bertil Hille at cos.com; Retrieved December 23, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bertil Hille shares Lasker Award for ion channel research. ( Memento from September 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Hille, Bertil at nasonline.org; Retrieved December 23, 2010
- ^ Past Recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize at columbia.edu; Retrieved December 23, 2011
- ^ Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award 1999 Winners at laskerfoundation.org; Retrieved December 23, 2010
- ↑ Bertil Hille PhD at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved December 15, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hille, Bertil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven , Connecticut |