Born: 1955-12-22 in Göttingen, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German-American biochemist
Thomas Christian Südhof, ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently, he is a professor in the school of medicine in the department of molecular and cellular physiology, and by courtesy in neurology, and in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
Awarded on: 2013-10-07
"for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells"
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