Brian A. Hemmings
Biomedical Sciences
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Switzerland
Biography
1990- Senior Group Leader, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel 1983-1989 Junior Group Leader, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel 1982-1983 FMI Research Associate, The Rockefeller University, New York 1980-1982 MRC Research Fellow, Medical Sciences Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee 1977-1980 Fogarty Visiting Fellow, NIH, Bethesda, Md., USA 1975-1977 Research Fellow, Biochemisches Institut der Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Research Interest
Our current research activities focus on targeting novel kinases involved in the development and progression of glioblastoma, ovarian cancer and lymphoma with the ultimate aim of finding new personalized therapeutic strategies.
Publications
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Cross DAE, Alessi DR, Cohen P, Andjelkovich M, Hemmings BA (1995) Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 by insulin mediated by protein kinase B. Nature 378, 785-789