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Name
  
Bertil Hille


Role
  
Professor

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Books
  
Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes, Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes

Education
  
Rockefeller University, Foote School, Yale University

Awards
  
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

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Bertil Hille (born October 10, 1940) is a professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington. He is particularly well known for his research and expertise on cell signalling by ion channels.

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Early life and education

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Hille was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended the Foote School and Westminster School (Connecticut) and received his B.S. summa cum laude in Zoology from Yale University (1962) and his Ph.D. in Life Sciences from The Rockefeller University (1967).

Personal life

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He is married to Merrill Burr Hille, Professor Emerita of Biology at the University of Washington, and has two sons, Erik Darwin Hille and Jon Trygve Grey.

Scientific contributions

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In addition to his significant research contributions, he is the author of several editions of Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes, described as the reference textbook on ion channels. This text is known for its clarity and precise language, for its attention to the history of neural membrane research, and for the breadth and depth of its scientific coverage.

Awards and distinctions

  • 1986 - Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1990 - Bristol-Myers Squibb Award
  • 1996 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize at Columbia University (with Clay Armstrong)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (with Rod MacKinnon and Clay Armstrong)
  • 2001 - Gairdner Foundation International Award (with Armstrong and MacKinnon)
  • 2002 - Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
  • 2008 - Doctorate of Science honoris causa, The Rockefeller University
  • References

    Bertil Hille Wikipedia