Peter Walter

For the English MP, see Peter Walter (politician).

Peter Walter
Walter in 2021
Born (1954-12-05) December 5, 1954 (age 69)
West Berlin
EducationFree University of Berlin (Vordiplom)
Vanderbilt University (MS)
Rockefeller University (PhD)[1]
Known forSignal recognition particle
Unfolded protein response
AwardsEli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science
Gairdner Foundation International Award
E.B. Wilson Medal
Otto Warburg Medal
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
Ernst Jung Prize
Mendel Lectures
Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular biology
Biochemistry
InstitutionsRockefeller University
University of California, San Francisco
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
ThesisPurification and characterization of an 11S protein complex required for the translocation of secretory proteins across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (1981)
Doctoral advisorGünter Blobel

Peter Walter (born December 5, 1954) is a German-American molecular biologist and biochemist. He is currently the Director of the Bay Area Institute of Science at Altos Labs and an emeritus professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).[2][3] He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator until 2022.

  1. ^ "PETER WALTER Ph.D." Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Peter Walter". Altos Labs. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Peter Walter, PhD". University of California, San Francisco. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2023.