Joachim Frank | |
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 Joachim Frank under Nobel Prize press conference in Stockholm, December 2017 | |
| Born | September 12, 1940 |
| Citizenship | United States, Germany[1] |
| Education | University of Freiburg (BS) University of Munich (MS) Max Planck Society Technical University of Munich (PhD) Cornell University |
| Known for | Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy Ribosome structure and dynamics |
| Spouse |
Carol Saginaw (m. 1983) |
| Children | Ze Frank & Mariel Frank |
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| Scientific career | |
| 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) |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter Hoppe |
| Other academic advisors | Robert Glaeser, Robert Nathan |
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.[2] He also made significant contributions to structure and function of the ribosome from bacteria and eukaryotes.
- ^ Frank, Joachim (2017), Curriculum Vitae Archived October 9, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017". The Nobel Foundation. October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.