The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991
Awarded on: 1991-10-07
"for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells"
Affiliations:
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie – Göttingen, Germany
Erwin Neher
Born: 1944-03-20 in Landsberg, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German biophysicist and Nobel laureate
Biography
Erwin Neher 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".