Erwin Neher

Erwin Neher (born March 20, 1944 in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria) is a German biophysicist. Erwin Neher 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 Masters Degree in Biophysics. In 1986, he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Bert Sakmann. ... more

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  • Mar 20, 1944 (age 65 years)

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Year Award Award Winner Winning work Notes/Description
  • 1991
  • "for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells"
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