Erwin Neher | |
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Born | Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany | 20 March 1944
Nationality | German |
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Known for | patch clamp |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biophysics[2][3][4] |
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Academic advisors | Charles F. Stevens |
Website | www |
Erwin Neher (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁviːn ˈneːɐ] ; /ˈneɪər/;[5] born 20 March 1944) 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".[6][7][8]
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