Michael studied Biochemistry in Bayreuth, Germany and received his PhD at the MPI in Martinsried, Germany in the lab of Stefan Jentsch. After he did his postdoctoral research in the lab of Marc Kirschner, he started his own lab at the University of California at Berkeley in the fall of 2006. He is currently a Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and is the Dr. K. Peter Hirth Chair in Cancer Biology. Michael is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
