Erwin Neher
German biophysicist · Germany · On the map · Academics · Born 1944 · age 82
Erwin Neher is a German biophysicist, specializing in the field of cell physiology. For significant contribution in the field, in 1991 he was awarded, along with Bert Sakmann, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells".
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2002Sharpey-Schafer Lecture and PrizeAward1997Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1994Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAwardHonorary Doctor of the Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyAward1991Carus medalAwardNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAwardRalph W. Gerard PrizeAward1990Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience ResearchAwardErnst Hellmut Vits AwardAward1989Canada Gairdner International AwardAward1987Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeAward1986Louisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAward1983W. Alden Spencer AwardAward1979Feldberg Foundation PrizeAward1944Born20 March 1944
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Born 1944 · age 82
