Feodor Lynen
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen ForMemRS (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːodoːɐ̯ ˈlyːnən] ⓘ; 6 April 1911 – 6 August 1979) 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.
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen | |
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| Born | 6 April 1911 Munich, German Empire |
| Died | 6 August 1979 (aged 68) Munich, West Germany |
| Education | University of Munich |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1964) Fellow of the Royal Society National Academy of Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Munich Max Planck Society |
| Doctoral advisor | Heinrich Otto Wieland |
| Doctoral students | Dieter Oesterhelt |
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