Bernard Katz
Also known as Sir Bernard Katz, Bernhard Katz, Professor Sir Bernard Katz
German-British biophysicist (1911–2003)
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Bernard Katz was a German-British biophysicist who lived from 1911 to 2003 and made important discoveries about how nerve cells communicate with muscles and each other. His work on the mechanisms of nerve impulses and neurotransmitter release fundamentally advanced our understanding of how the nervous system functions.
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- Ways of an Atheist
- The China Caper
- Enhancing Employee Performance
- Nerve, Muscle and Synapse
- Calcium, Neuronal Function and Transmitter Release
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- <scp>CHARMM</scp>: A program for macromolecular energy, minimization, and dynamics calculations
· 1983 · cited 13,561x
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Sir Bernard Katz, FRS ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁnaʁt kat͡s] ; 26 March 1911 – 20 April 2003) was a German-born British physician and biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve physiology; specifically, for his work on synaptic transmission at the nerve-muscle junction. He shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1970 with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1969.
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1911 births2003 deathsAcademics of University College LondonAlumni of University College LondonBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish neuroscientistsBritish Nobel laureatesElectrophysiologistsEmigrants from Nazi Germany to the United KingdomFellows of the Australian Academy of ScienceForeign associates of the National Academy of Sciences