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Erwin Neher
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German biophysicist
Erwin Neher was a German biophysicist who made groundbreaking discoveries about how cells communicate through electrical and chemical signals. His work is important because it fundamentally advanced our understanding of how individual nerve and muscle cells function at the most basic level.
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- Born
- 1944
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Alexander von Humboldt und Charles Darwin
- Single-channel recording
- Single-channel recording
- Elektronische Messtechnik in der Physiologie
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1991
“for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erwin
- Family name
- Neher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Landsberg am Lech
- Occupation
- chemist
- Educated at
- Technical University of Munich
- Employer
- University of Göttingen
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- biophysics
- Image
- Erwin neher 2007 lindau.jpg
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- member of
- Royal Society
- date of birth
- 1944-03-20
- Commons category
- Erwin Neher
- Erdős number
- 7
- name in native language
- Erwin Neher
- interested in
- biophysics
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Encyclopedic overview
Erwin Neher ( German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁviːn ˈneːɐ] ; /ˈneɪər/; 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".
Early life and education
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