Hartmut Michel | |
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Born | Ludwigsburg, Württemberg-Baden, American Zone, Allied-occupied Germany (now in Baden-Württemberg, Germany) | 18 July 1948
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
Known for | Crystallisation of membrane proteins |
Spouse | Elena Olkhova |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Biophysics |
Website | www |
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.[2][3][4][5]