Martin Hetzer (born in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born molecular biologist[1] and President of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).[2] He is holder of the Jesse and Caryl Philips Foundation Chair in Molecular Cell Biology. His research focuses on fundamental aspects of organismal aging with a special focus on the heart and central nervous system. His laboratory has also made important contributions in the area of cancer research and cell differentiation.
Career edit
Hetzer received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and genetics[3] from the University of Vienna, Austria, and completed postdoctoral work in the lab of Iian Mattaj[1] at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. He joined the faculty at the Salk Institute in La Jolla as an assistant professor in 2004 and became full professor in 2011. In 2016, he was Salk's Senior Vice President and Chief Science Officer[4] until he moved back to Austria in 2023, becoming the second President of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) succeeding Thomas A. Henzinger.
Awards edit
Hetzer has received a number of awards including a Pew Scholar Award,[5] an Early Life Scientist Award from the American Society of Cell Biology, a Senior Scholar Award for Aging from the Ellison Medical Foundation, a Senior Scholar Award from the American Cancer Society, a Royal Society Research Merit Award, the 2013 Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging[6] and the 2015 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award [7] as well as the Keck Foundation Research Award.
References edit
- ^ a b Short, B. (2010). "Martin Hetzer: Taking the nuclear membrane beyond the barrier". The Journal of Cell Biology. 190 (4): 484–485. doi:10.1083/jcb.1904pi. PMC 2928019. PMID 20733048.
- ^ "Management". Institute of Science and Technology Austria. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ Short, Ben (2010-08-23). "Martin Hetzer: Taking the nuclear membrane beyond the barrier". The Journal of Cell Biology. 190 (4): 484–485. doi:10.1083/jcb.1904pi. ISSN 0021-9525. PMC 2928019. PMID 20733048.
- ^ "Salk Institute names Martin Hetzer as Chief Science Officer". salk.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "Martin W. Hetzer, Ph.D. | The Pew Charitable Trusts". pewtrusts.org. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ "Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging". glennfoundation.org. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ "NIH Director's Transformative Research Award Program - 2015 Award Recipients | NIH Common Fund". commonfund.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-18.