Joachim Frank
Joachim Frank (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːaxɪm ˈfʁaŋk] ⓘ) HonFRMS; 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.
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Joachim Frank under Nobel Prize press conference in Stockholm, December 2017 | |
| Born | September 12, 1940 Siegen, Germany |
| Citizenship | United States, Germany |
| Education | University of Freiburg (BS) University of Munich (MS) Max Planck Society Technical University of Munich (PhD) Cornell University |
| Known for | Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy Ribosome structure and dynamics |
| Spouse |
Carol Saginaw (m. 1983) |
| Children | Ze Frank & Mariel Frank |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Structural biology Cryo-electron microscopy |
| Institutions | University at Albany, Department of Biomedical Sciences Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics |
| Thesis | Untersuchungen von elektronenmikroskopischen Aufnahmen hoher Auflösung mit Bilddifferenz- und Rekonstruktionsverfahren (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter Hoppe |
| Other academic advisors | Robert Glaeser, Robert Nathan |
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