Martin Hetzer
{{short description|Austrian-born molecular biologist}}
Martin Hetzer (born in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born molecular biologist{{cite journal|title=Martin Hetzer: Taking the nuclear membrane beyond the barrier|year=2010|pmc=2928019|last1=Short|first1=B.|journal=The Journal of Cell Biology|volume=190|issue=4|pages=484–485|doi=10.1083/jcb.1904pi|pmid=20733048}} and President of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).{{Cite web |title=Management |url=https://ist.ac.at/en/institute/organization/management/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Institute of Science and Technology Austria |language=en}} 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
Hetzer received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and genetics{{Cite journal |last=Short |first=Ben |date=2010-08-23 |title=Martin Hetzer: Taking the nuclear membrane beyond the barrier |journal=The Journal of Cell Biology |volume=190 |issue=4 |pages=484–485 |doi=10.1083/jcb.1904pi |issn=0021-9525 |pmc=2928019 |pmid=20733048}} from the University of Vienna, Austria, and completed postdoctoral work in the lab of Iian Mattaj 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{{cite web |title=Salk Institute names Martin Hetzer as Chief Science Officer |url=https://www.salk.edu/news-release/salk-institute-names-martin-hetzer-chief-scientific-officer/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=salk.edu}} 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
Hetzer has received a number of awards including a Pew Scholar Award,{{cite web|url=https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-biomedical-scholars/directory-of-pew-scholars/2005/martin-hetzer|title=Martin W. Hetzer, Ph.D. | The Pew Charitable Trusts|website=pewtrusts.org|access-date=2022-03-18}} 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{{cite web|url=https://glennfoundation.org/awards-programs/glenn-awards/|website=glennfoundation.org|title=Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging|access-date=2022-03-18}} and the 2015 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award {{cite web|url=https://commonfund.nih.gov/tra/recipients15|title=NIH Director's Transformative Research Award Program - 2015 Award Recipients | NIH Common Fund|website=commonfund.nih.gov|access-date=2022-03-18}} as well as the Keck Foundation Research Award.
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