Sir Bernard Katz

Sir Bernard Katz, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1911-03-26 in Leipzig, Germany

Gender: male

Field: German-British biophysicist (1911–2003)

Biography

Sir Bernard Katz, FRS 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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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1970

Awarded on: 1970-10-15

"for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation"

Affiliations:

  • University College – London, United Kingdom
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