The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1964
Awarded on: 1964-10-15
"for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism"
Affiliations:
- Max-Planck-Institut für Zellchemie – Munich, Germany
Feodor Lynen
Born: 1911-04-06 in Munich, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German biochemist, Nobel Laureate
Biography
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen was a German biochemist. In 1964 he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Konrad Bloch for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism while he was director of the Max-Planck Institute for Cellular Chemistry in Munich.