Thomas C. Südhof
German biochemist
Thomas Christian Südhof (born December 22, 1955),ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist. He is known for his study of synaptic transmission.[5]
Thomas Südhof | |
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 Thomas C. Südhof in Baeza in 2013 | |
| Born | Thomas Christian Südhof December 22, 1955 |
| Nationality | German American[1][2] |
| Alma mater | RWTH Aachen University University of Göttingen (PhD) |
| Known for | Presynaptic Neuron Synaptic Transmission |
| Spouse | Lu Chen |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
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| Thesis | Die biophysikalische Struktur der chromaffinen Granula im Lichte ihres Osmometerverhaltens und ihrer osmotischen Lyse (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor P. Whittaker |
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Südhof, James Rothman and Randy Schekman won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on vesicle trafficking.[6]
References
change- ↑ "Ist der Nobelpreisträger Südhof überhaupt Deutscher?". Focus. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
- ↑ "Medizinnobelpreisträger Thomas Südhof "Ich habe wieder einen deutschen Pass", Berliner Zeitung, 27 January 2014 (German)". Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ Anon (2017). "Professor Thomas Sudhof ForMemRS". royalsociety.org. Royal Society.
- ↑ "CAP - Thomas Sudhof". Med.stanford.edu. 2008-06-20. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
- ↑ Vierbuchen, Thomas; Ostermeier, Austin; Pang, Zhiping P.; Kokubu, Yuko; Südhof, Thomas C.; Wernig, Marius (2010). "Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors". Nature. 463 (7284): 1035–1041. Bibcode:2010Natur.463.1035V. doi:10.1038/nature08797. PMC 2829121. PMID 20107439.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
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