Erwin Neher

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Erwin Neher
Erwin Neher in June 2015
Born (1944-03-20) 20 March 1944 (age 80)
Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma mater
Known forpatch clamp
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiophysics[2][3][4]
Institutions
Academic advisorsCharles F. Stevens
Websitewww.mpg.de/323786/biophysikalische_chemie_wissM6

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]

Early life and education

Neher was born in Landsberg am Lech, Upper Bavaria, the son of Elisabeth (née Pfeiffer), a teacher, and Franz Xaver Neher, an executive at a dairy company.[9] He studied physics at the Technical University of Munich from 1963 to 1966.

In 1966, he was awarded a

Fulbright Scholarship to study in the US. He spent a year at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and earned a master's degree in biophysics. While at the Charles Stevens Laboratory at Yale University for post-doctoral work he met fellow scientist Eva-Maria Neher, whom he married in 1978 and subsequently the couple had five children – Richard, Benjamin, Carola, Sigmund, and Margret.[10]

In 2003 Neher was one of 22 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto.[11]

Career

In 1986, he was awarded the

postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Charles F. Stevens
at Yale.

Since 1983, he became a director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and led the Department for Membrane Biophysics. He turned into an emeritus director of the Institute since 2011. He is also a Professor Emeritus at the University of Göttingen and a co-chair of the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen[when?] .

Honors and awards

Neher holds honorary degrees from:[17]

  • University of Alicante, Spain, 1993
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 1993
  • Technical University of Munich, FRG, 1994
  • University of Madrid, Spain, 1994
  • Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, PR China, 1994
  • University of BahÌa Blanca, Argentine, 1995
  • University of Rome, Italy, 1996
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1999
  • University of Pavia, 2000

Neher was elected a

Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1994.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Professor Erwin Neher ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-10-11.
  2. ^ Elektronische Messtechnik in der Physiologie. Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1974.
  3. ISBN 0-306-41419-8
  4. ISBN 0-306-44870-X
  5. ^ "Neher". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  6. ^ "Nobel autobiography of Neher".
  7. ^ "Neurotree - Erwin Neher Family Tree". neurotree.org.
  8. ^ Dean, Chris. "Erwin Neher - Science Video Interview". Vega Science Trust.
  9. ^ "Erwin Neher – Biographical, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991". nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  10. ^ Schoenfeld 2006, p. 264.
  11. ^ "Notable Signers". Humanism and Its Aspirations. American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  12. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  13. PMID 1374932
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  14. PMID 1528115
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  15. S2CID 45756434
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  16. S2CID 8035857
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  17. ^ a b "Erwin Neher Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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