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Bert Sakmann

81 years old Biologist born on

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Profession
Biologist
Age
81 years old
Zodiac
Gemini
Born in
Germany
About
Known for his development of the patch clamp laboratory technique for studying cells' ion channels, this prominent physiologist was the co-recipient (with Erwin Neher) of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He worked at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and taught at Heidelberg University.
Family
He grew up in Stuttgart, Germany, as the child of physical therapist Annemarie Schaefer Sakmann and stage director Bertold Sakmann.

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