Hartmut Michel
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-07-18 ) 18 July 1948 (age 77) , Ludwigsburg , Württemberg-Baden , American Zone, Allied-occupied Germany , (now in Baden-Württemberg , Germany)
- Alma mater
- University of Tübingen
- Known for
- Crystallisation of membrane proteins
- Spouse
- Elena Olkhova
- Awards
- Max Delbruck Prize (1986) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1986) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1988)
- Fields
- Biochemistry
- Institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysics , Jilin University
- Website
- www .biophys .mpg .de /en /michel .html
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Hartmut Michel ( German pronunciation: [ˈhaʁtmuːt ˈmɪçl̩] ; born 18 July 1948) is a German biochemist, who received the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determination of the first crystal structure of an integral membrane protein, a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis.
He is currently a professor at Jilin University, China.
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1948 birthsAcademic staff of Goethe University FrankfurtBijvoet Medal recipientsCommanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Chinese Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Royal SocietyGerman biochemistsGerman crystallographersGerman Nobel laureatesGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners