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Jeffrey C. Hall
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American geneticist and chronobiologist
Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Connor Hall , ( 1945-05-03 ) May 3, 1945 (age 81) , New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Amherst College ( BA ), University of Washington, Seattle ( MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Cloning the period gene
- Awards
- Genetics Society of America Medal (2003) , Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2009) , Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2011) , Gairdner Foundation International Award (2012) , Shaw Prize (2013) , Wiley Prize (2013) , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2017)
- Fields
- Genetics
- Institutions
- Brandeis University , University of Maine
- Thesis
- Genetic analysis of two alleles of a recombination-deficient mutant in drosophila melanogaster (1971)
- Doctoral advisor
- Lawrence Sandler
- Other academic advisors
- Seymour Benzer , Herschel L. Roman
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2017
“for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jeffrey
- Family name
- Hall
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- geneticist
- Educated at
- University of Washington
- Employer
- Brandeis University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- genetics
- Image
- Jeffrey C. Hall D81 4349 (25006040668).jpg
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- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1945-05-03
- Commons category
- Jeffrey C. Hall
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- genetics
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Connor Hall (born May 3, 1945) is an American geneticist and chronobiologist. Hall is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Brandeis University and currently resides in Cambridge, Maine.
Hall spent his career examining the neurological component of fly courtship and behavioral rhythms. Through his research on the neurology and behavior of Drosophila melanogaster, Hall uncovered essential mechanisms of the circadian clocks and shed light on the foundations for sexual differentiation in the nervous system. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his revolutionary work in the field of chronobiology, and nominated for the T. Washington Fellows.
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