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Joachim Frank
born 1940
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryJoachim Frank ; born September 12, 1940) is a German-American biophysicist at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate. He is regarded as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson. He also made significant contributions to structure and function of the ribosome from bacteria and eukaryotes.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
September 12, 1940
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Citizenship
United States · Germany
Occupations & fields
chemistbiophysicistbiologist
Awards & honours
Benjamin Franklin MedalNobel Prize in ChemistryKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Field and occupation
- americký chemik
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