Biography

Born on February 22, 1923 in Geneva, Switzerland. Died on May 9, 2007.

Education and professional career

  • 1948-1958: Medical Biologist, then Engineer at CEA
  • 1958-1967: Lecturer, then Professor at the Paris Faculty of Science
  • 1967-1993: Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Cellular Physiology
  • 1968-1973: President of the DGRST concerted action "Biological membranes"
  • 1980-1982: Member, then Chairman of Comité consultatif pour la Recherche (CCRST)
  • 1986-1989: Member of the Comité National d'Évaluation des Universités (CNE)
  • 1988-2007: Member of the Académie des Sciences
  • 1993-2007: Honorary Professor at the Collège de France
  • 1996-2007: Honorary foreign member of the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique

Awards and distinctions

  • Honorary doctorate from the following universities: Geneva (1974), Lausanne (1987), Montreal (1989), Carol Davila, Bucharest (1992)
  • Lounsbery Award from the U.S. Academy of Sciences
  • 1962: Franco-British "Louis Rapkine" Medal
  • 1979: Homer Smith Prize, New York Heart Association
  • 1989: Volhardt Medal of the Gesellshaft für Nephrologie
  • 1994: Pavlov Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • 1994: Promoted to Officer in the National Order of the Legion of Honor
  • 1995: Richards Prize of the International Society of Nephrology
  • 1997: Promoted to Officer in the National Order of Merit

Works

Animal physiology: capillary permeability, sodium and potassium metabolism and excretion, Iodine turnover in the thyroid gland.

Renal physiology: sites and mechanism of action of various hormones on their cellular targets in the nephron.

Selected bibliography

  • Biochemical Characterization of Individual Nephron Segments

    Morel F. et Guder W. F., « Biochemical Characterization of Individual Nephron Segments », Handbook of Physiology, vol. 2, Windhager, Oxford Univ. Press, 1992, p. 2119-2164.

  • Methods in Kidney physiology: Past, Present and Future

    Morel F., « Methods in Kidney physiology: Past, Present and Future », Ann. Rev. Physiol., 1992, p. 1-9.

  • Functional Segmentation of the Nephron

    Morel F. et Doucet A., « Functional Segmentation of the Nephron », The Kidney: Physiology and Pathophysdiology, 2nd Edition, D.W. Seldin and G. Giebish Eds., 1991.

  • Hormonal Receptors in the Isolated Tubule

    Morel F. et Butlen D., « Hormonal Receptors in the Isolated Tubule », Methods in Enzymology, vol. 191,1990, p. 303-325.

  • Hormonal Control of Kidney Functions at the Cell Level

    Morel F. et Doucet A., « Hormonal Control of Kidney Functions at the Cell Level », Physiol. Review, 66, 1986, p. 377-468.

  • Functional Segmentation of the Nephron

    Morel F. et Chabardès D., « Functional Segmentation of the Nephron », dans The Kidney: Physiology and Pathology, Section II. D.W. Seldin, G. Giebisch Eds., New York : Raven Press, 1984, p. 519-530.

  • Regulation of Kidney Functions by Hormones: A New Approach

    Morel F., « Regulation of Kidney Functions by Hormones: A New Approach ». Recent Progress in Hormone Research, 39, Acad. Press, 1983, p. 271-304.

  • Sites of Hormone Action in the Mammalian Nephron

    Morel F., « Sites of Hormone Action in the Mammalian Nephron », Editorial Review, Am. J. Physiol., 240, 1981, p.159-164.

  • Distribution of Hormone-Dependent Adenylate Cyclase in the Nephron and its Physiological Significance

    Morel F., Chabardès D. et Imbert-Teboul M., « Distribution of Hormone-Dependent Adenylate Cyclase in the Nephron and its Physiological Significance », Ann. Rev. Physiol., 43, 1981, p. 569-581.

  • Osmoregulation and Water Handling by the Kidney in Mammals

    Morel F., « Osmoregulation and Water Handling by the Kidney in Mammals », Memorial Symp. on Claude Bernard and the Environment, Stanford, 1978, p. 123-136.

  • Methodology for Enzymatic Studies of Isolated Tubular Segments: Adenylate-Cyclase

    Morel F., Chabardès D. et Imbert-Teboul M., « Methodology for Enzymatic Studies of Isolated Tubular Segments: Adenylate-Cyclase », Methods in Pharmacology, vol. 48, Martinez-Maldonado Ed. Plenum, 1977, p. 297-334.

  • Kidney

    Morel F. et de Rouffignac C. « Kidney », Ann. Rev. Physiol., 35, 1973, p. 17-55.

  • Actions and Functions of the Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Related Peptides in Lower Vertebrates

    Morel F. et Jard S., « Actions and Functions of the Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Related Peptides in Lower Vertebrates », Handbook of Experimental Pharmacol., vol. 23, B. Berde Ed., Springer, 1968, p. 655-716.

  • Les mécanismes de dilution et de concentration de l'urine

    Morel F. et Guinnebault M., « Les mécanismes de dilution et de concentration de l'urine », J. Physiologie, 53, 1961, p. 75-130.

  • Rôle et actions physiologiques des minéralo-corticoïdes

    Morel F., « Rôle et actions physiologiques des minéralo-corticoïdes », Rapport de la 4e Réunion des Endocrinologistes de langue française, Masson, Paris, 1957, p. 47-88.