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Bert Sakmann

German biologist and physician (1991 Nobel Prize)

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Bert Sakmann is a German cell physiologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Erwin Neher in 1991 for their work on "the function of single ion channels in cells," and the invention of the patch clamp. Bert Sakmann was Professor at Heidelberg University and is an emeritus scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany. Since 2008 he leads an emeritus research group at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology.

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Born
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Place of birth
Stuttgart wd
Citizenship
Germany, Nazi Germany wd
Occupation
biophysicist, university teacher, physician, physiologist, neurophysiologist wd
Education
University College London, LMU Munich, University of Tübingen, University of Freiburg, University of Göttingen wd

Awards wd

  • Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1996)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1991)
  • Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (1992)
  • Carus medal (1991)
  • Harvey Prize (1991)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1989)
  • Adolf Fick Prize (1984)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1986)
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1987)
  • Feldberg Foundation Prize (1979)
  • Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture (2002)
  • The Paton Lecture (2016)
  • Ernst Hellmut Vits Award (1990)
  • Baden-Wuerttemberg Research Award (1991)
  • W. Alden Spencer Award (1983)

Questions

When was Bert Sakmann born?
Bert Sakmann was born on 12 June 1942 in Stuttgart.
Where did Bert Sakmann study?
Bert Sakmann was educated at University College London, LMU Munich, University of Tübingen, University of Freiburg.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Bert Sakmann · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q77081 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Sakmann.jpg by Yuriy Kolodin at English Wikipedia . (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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