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Bert Sakmann

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German biologist and physician (1991 Nobel Prize)

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Bert Sakmann is a male person from Germany. Born on June 12, 1942, he is associated with the genres of jazz, easy listening, and 2008 universal fire victim. His professional output includes five works, with "Single-Channel Recording" listed as a top work.

Sakmann has received one Nobel Prize. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the Nobel Medicine collection. Additionally, his profile is referenced by 460 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1942
Works
1

Top works

  • Single-Channel Recording

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1923-10-16
Active to
1980-06-21
2008 universal fire victimeasy listeningjazz

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Key facts

Born
( 1942-06-12 ) 12 June 1942 (age 83) , Stuttgart , German Reich
Awards
W. Alden Spencer Award (1983) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1986) Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1988) Harvey Prize (1991) Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1991) ForMemRS (1994)
Institutions
Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology University College London
Website
www .neuro .mpg .de /sakmann

via Wikipedia infobox

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1991

    for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells

    Shared · 1/2 portion

~3 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Bert Sakmann ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁt ˈzakˌman] ; born 12 June 1942) is a German cell physiologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Erwin Neher in 1991 for their work on "the function of single ion channels in cells," and the invention of the patch clamp. Bert Sakmann was Professor at Heidelberg University and is an Emeritus Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany. Since 2008 he leads an emeritus research group at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology.

Life and career

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