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Thomas C. Südhof
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German biochemist
Thomas C. Südhof is a German biochemist who has made significant contributions to understanding how brain cells communicate with each other. His research has been important enough to earn recognition in the scientific community for advancing knowledge of cell signaling.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2013
“for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Göttingen
- Spouse
- Lu Chen
- Occupation
- chemist
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Doctoral advisor
- Victor P. Whittaker
- Field of work
- neurobiology
- Official website
- med.stanford.edu/profiles/thomas-sudhof
- Image
- Thomas c südhof.jpg
- Work location
- Stanford
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- Commons category
- Thomas C. Südhof
- date of birth
- 1955-12-22
- member of
- Royal Society
- name in native language
- Thomas Christian Südhof
- interested in
- biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Christian Südhof ( German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈzyːtˌhoːf] ; born December 22, 1955), ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently, he is a professor in the school of medicine in the department of molecular and cellular physiology, and by courtesy in neurology, and in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
Südhof, James Rothman and Randy Schekman are the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates for their work on vesicle trafficking.
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