Michael Samuel Neuberger FRS

Royal Society

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 (b. London, 2 November 1953) is a British

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 biochemist and immunologist.

Education

He was educated at Westminster School

Westminster School

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, and then read Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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 as a scholar where he obtained a Master of Arts; he then obtained a PhD

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 at Imperial College, London.

Career

He has been a fellow of, and director of studies at Trinity College

Trinity College, Cambridge

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 since 1985 and Professor of molecular immunology there since 2002. He supervises students reading the Natural Sciences Tripos in the fields of cell biology and biochemistry.

He is also joint head of the Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry division at the Medical Research Council's

Medical Research Council (UK)

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 Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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 in Cambridge, UK

Cambridge

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, alongside Mariann Bienz

Mariann Bienz

Mariann Bienz FRS is a distinguished molecular biologist based at the UK Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology. She has been a member of their Senior Scientific Staff since 1991, and Joint Head of Cell Biology, since 2007.-Life:...

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He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society

Royal Society

The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...

 in 1993 and was awarded their GlaxoSmithKline Prize in 2003. He also received the Novartis

Novartis

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 medal in 2002 and delivered the Novartis medal lecture, entitled "Antibodies: a Paradigm for the Evolution of Molecular Recognition" on April 9, 2002 at Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University

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, Edinburgh

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He is the son of Albert Neuberger

Albert Neuberger

Albert Neuberger CBE FRS FRCP was Professor of Chemical Pathology, St Mary's Hospital, University of London, 1955–1973, and later Emeritus Professor.-Education in Germany:...

, the brother of James Neuberger

James Neuberger

James Max Neuberger is a consultant physician, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and professor of medicine at the University of Birmingham...

, Anthony Neuberger, and David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, and the brother-in-law of Julia Neuberger.