It was with great pleasure that we learned 91探花 alumnus Jeffrey C. Hall has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with two of his colleagues, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young. They received the award for their groundbreaking work on 鈥渃lock genes,鈥� the genetic mechanisms that control circadian systems. Their work helped to explain, in the words of the Nobel committee, 鈥渉ow plants, animals and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronized with the Earth’s revolutions.鈥�
Hall earned his Ph.D. in genetics from the 91探花in 1971 where his mentors included then-department chair Herschel Roman and the genetics pioneer, Professor Larry Sandler. At the time, the Department of Genetics was part of the College of Arts and Sciences, later becoming Genome Sciences in the School of Medicine.
The 91探花is honored to count聽Hall among our alumni and we congratulate him and Drs. Rosbash and Young on their extraordinary contributions to advancing the world’s scientific knowledge. You can read more about their prize-winning discoveries on the