Günter Blobel
Günter Blobel (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʏntɐ ˈbloːbl̩] ⓘ; May 21, 1936 – February 18, 2018) was a Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.
Günter Blobel | |
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Günter Blobel at MPI-CBG symposium, November 2008 | |
| Born | 21 May 1936 Waltersdorf, Germany (now Niegosławice) |
| Died | 18 February 2018 (aged 81) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | German American |
| Alma mater | University of Kiel University of Tübingen (M.D.) University of Wisconsin–Madison (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Gene gating hypothesis Protein targeting Signal recognition particle |
| Awards | NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1978) Canada Gairdner International Award (1982) Otto Warburg Medal (1983) Richard Lounsbery Award (1983) E.B. Wilson Medal (1986) Keith R. Porter Lecture (1986) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1987) Max Delbrück Medal (1992) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1993) Ciba-Drew Award (1995) King Faisal Prize (1996) Mayor's Award (1997) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1999) Massry Prize (1999) Mendel Lecture (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Rockefeller University |
| Academic advisors | George Palade |
| Doctoral students | Peter Walter |
| Other notable students | David J. Anderson |
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