Joachim Frank
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- Born
- 1940-09-12
- Works
- 14
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- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 119
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools
· 2012 · cited 28,255x
- Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint
· 1988 · cited 16,563x
- Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
· 2002 · cited 15,893x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,759x
- NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes
· 1995 · cited 13,765x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1940-09-12 ) September 12, 1940 (age 85) , Siegen , Germany
- Citizenship
- United States, Germany
- Education
- University of Freiburg ( BS ) , LMU Munich ( MS ) , Max Planck Society , Technical University of Munich ( PhD ) Cornell University
- Known for
- Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy , Ribosome structure and dynamics
- Spouse
- Gerda Cathy Frank ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ) Carol Saginaw ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 )
- Children
- Ze Frank & Mariel Frank
- Awards
- Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science (2014) Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2017) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017) Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (2018)
- Fields
- Structural biology , Cryo-electron microscopy
- Institutions
- University at Albany , Department of Biomedical Sciences , Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons , Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Thesis
- Untersuchungen von elektronenmikroskopischen Aufnahmen hoher Auflösung mit Bilddifferenz- und Rekonstruktionsverfahren (1970)
Key dates
- Born
- 12 September 1940
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joachim
- Family name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Siegen
- Occupation
- biologist
- Educated at
- Technical University of Munich
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- biochemist
Article
Joachim Frank ( German pronunciation: [ˈjoːaxɪm ˈfʁaŋk] ) HonFRMS; born September 12, 1940) is a German-American biophysicist at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate. He is regarded as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson. He also made significant contributions to structure and function of the ribosome from bacteria and eukaryotes.
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1940 birthsBenjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureatesColumbia University facultyEmigrants from West Germany to the United StatesGerman biophysicistsGerman Nobel laureatesLiving peopleLMU Munich alumniNobel laureates in ChemistryPeople from SiegenStructural biologistsTechnical University of Munich alumni