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Bert Sakmann

German biologist and physician (1991 Nobel Prize) · Germany · On the map · Doctors · Born 1942 · age 84

Bert Sakmann 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.

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2016The Paton LectureAward2002Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize LectureAward1994Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1993Honorary Doctor of the University of AlicanteAward1992Honorary Doctorate from University of Bordeaux-IIAward1991Carus medalAwardHarvey PrizeAwardRalph W. Gerard PrizeAward1990Ernst Hellmut Vits AwardAward1989Canada Gairdner International AwardAward1987Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeAward1986Louisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAward1983W. Alden Spencer AwardAward1979Feldberg Foundation PrizeAward1942Born12 June 1942

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The Paton Lecture2016
Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture2002
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order1996
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1994
Honorary Doctor of the University of Alicante1993
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg1992
Honorary Doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II1992
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1991
Carus medal1991
Harvey Prize1991
Baden-Wuerttemberg Research Award1991
Ralph W. Gerard Prize1991
Ernst Hellmut Vits Award1990
Canada Gairdner International Award1989
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine1988
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize1987
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize1986
Adolf Fick Prize1984
W. Alden Spencer Award1983
Feldberg Foundation Prize1979

About this person

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.

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Germany
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Doctors
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Born 1942 · age 84