Prof. Dr. med. Achim Weber

University of Zurich
Institute of Molecular Cancer Research
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zurich
Switzerland

Building / Room: Y80-H-104
Phone: +41 44 255 27 81
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Education / Positions

1988-1994    MD, Medical School, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
1995-1998    Resident in Internal Medicine (Hematology, Oncology, Rheumatology) and Pathology, University Hospitals Heidelberg and Düsseldorf, Germany
1998-2001    Visiting Research Fellow, Laboratory of Pathology, Gene Regulation Section, National
Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
2001-2006    Resident in Pathology, University Hospitals Tübingen and Mainz, Germany
2006        Board certification as Pathologist (Germany)
2006        Board certification as Molecular Pathologist (Germany)
2007        Board certification as Molecular Pathologist (FMH, Switzerland)
2009        Appointment as Professor of Molecular Tumor Pathology (W2-Professur), University of Jena, Germany (not accepted)  
2010-2017    Assistant Professor, Institute of Surgical Pathology, University of Zurich
2017-2020    Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University of Zurich
since 2017    Vice Director, Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University of Zurich
2018        Appointment as Professor of Pathology (W3-Professur) and Director of the Institute of Pathology, University of Leipzig, Germany (not accepted)
since 2019    Group leader, Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich
since 2020    Full Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University of Zurich

Research Experience / Interest

Cell death in tumorigenesis
Liver pathology with focus on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatitis E
Pathology of the gastrointestinal tract with focus on apoptotic enteropathy

Fellowships / Awards

1990-1994    Students excellence scholarship (Cusanuswerk), Germany
1998-1999    Research Fellowship (German Research Foundation - DFG)
1999-2001    Fogarty Research Fellowship (Fogarty International Centre, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA)
2007        George Tiniakos Award (European Society of Pathology)
2018        Dr. Ernst Jucker Prize for Basic Cancer Research, Dr. Ernst Jucker Foundation
2018        Prize of the Swiss Foundation against Liver Cancer
since 2018    Elected member of the Laennec Liver Pathology Society
since 2019    Elected member of the Gnomes (International Group of Pathologists and Clinicians interested in liver morphology)