Friedrich Bonhoeffer

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Friedrich Bonhoeffer
Howard Schachman
Doctoral studentsHerwig Baier

Johann Friedrich Bonhoeffer (August 10, 1932 – January 29, 2021), more often Friedrich Bonhoeffer, was a German neuroscientist and physicist known for pioneering studies in axon guidance.[1][2][3]

Education and career

Bonhoeffer was born in

Howard Schachman at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1960, he returned to Germany to work with Alfred Gierer
at the Max Planck Institute for Virus Research. He soon became the director of the institute, where he began researching axon guidance, the process by which axons of neurons grow and branch out to find their targets in the developing nervous system.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Bonhoeffer made a series of pioneering contributions to understanding the molecular mechanisms behind axon guidance. He developed key techniques that are still widely used today, and used them to uncover fundamental axon guidance mechanisms. His discoveries led to the identification of the first known Ephrin guidance molecules, as well as other axon guidance mechanisms.[2][4]

In 1984, Bonhoeffer became the director of the newly founded Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, a position he held until his retirement in 2000. He continued to be involved with the institute as an emeritus director.

Honors and awards

Bonhoeffer's work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including memberships in the

German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, and the European Molecular Biology Organization
.

See also

References

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  4. ^ "Friedrich Bonhoeffer | Gruber Foundation". gruber.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
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