Michael Berridge#
| Email: | michael.berridge 'at' bbsrc.ac.uk |
| Membership Number: | 459 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Username: | mberridge |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2003- Emeritus Babraham Fellow
- 1996-2003 Head of Signalling, Babraham Institute
- 1990-96 Deputy Chief Scientific Officer (Grade 4), Laboratory of Molecular Signalling, Babraham Institute
- 1978-90 Senior Principal Scientific Officer, Unit of Insect, Neurophysiology and Pharmacology, Cambridge
- 1972-78 Principal Scientific Officer, Unit of Invertebrate Chemistry and Physiology, Cambridge
- 1969-72 Senior Scientific Officer, Unit of Invertebrate Chemistry and Physiology, Cambridge University
- 1967-69 Research Associate, Case Western University
- 1966-67 Post-doctoral Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
- 1965-66 Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Virginia
- 1965 PhD University of Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- The role of calcium (Ca2+) in the mode of action of hormones and neurotransmitters
- The role of inositol lipids in the action of calcium-mobilizing hormones
- Agonists stimulation of lipid hydrolysis to release both diacylglycerol and inositol trisphosphate (IP3). *Spatiotemporal aspects of calcium signalling with particular emphasis on neural signalling, cardiac contractility and cell proliferation
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Honorary Degree, University of Liverpool
- 2005 The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
- 1999 Ernst Schering Prize (Ernst Schering Research Foundation, Berlin)
- 1998 Knight Bachelor
- 1998 Honorary Fellowship- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- 1996 The Massry Prize in Nephrology, Physiology and Related Fields (The Meira and Shaul G. Massry Foundation, USA)
- 1995 The Wolf Foundation Prize in Medicine (Israel)
- 1994- Honorary Professor of Cell Signalling (University of Cambridge)
- 1994 Dr H P Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
- 1993 Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa (Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium)
- 1991 Royal Medal (The Royal Society)
- 1991 CIBA-GEIGY/DREW Award in Biomedical Research
- 1990 Rita Levi Montalcini Award Lecture (Fidia Research Foundation, Washington DC)
- 1990 Dale Medal (Society for Endocrinology)
- 1989 Baly Medal (Royal College of Physicians, London)
- 1989 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- 1988 Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1987 William Bate Hardy Prize (Cambridge Philosophical Society)
- 1987 Abraham White Scientific Achievement Award (George Washington University School of Medicine)
- 1986 The King Faisal International Prize in Science
- 1986 Louis Jeantet Prize in Medicine
- 1984 Feldberg Prize
- 1984 Elected Fellow of The Royal Society
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