Michael N. Hall

Awards

1. 2014

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for the discovery of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) and its role in cell growth control.

2. 2015

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his discovery of the nutrient activated protein kinase TOR and elucidation of its central control of cell growth, critical to development and aging and widely implicated in cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular and immune diseases.

3. 2017

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For discoveries concerning the nutrient-activated TOR proteins and their central role in the metabolic control of cell growth