Bert Sakmann is a German Biologist born on June 12, 1942. He is known for his work in neuroscience and cell physiology, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991. He has had a successful career in research and teaching, and his net worth, biography, age, height, and family are well documented. He continues to be an active figure in the scientific community, and his career updates are regularly followed.
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💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M
Known for his development of the patch clamp laboratory technique for studying cells' ion channels, this prominent physiologist was the co-recipient (with Erwin Neher) of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He worked at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and taught at Heidelberg University.
He studied medicine at Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich University, and Göttingen University and also conducted scientific research at University College London.
His doctoral thesis was titled "Electrophysiology of Neural Light Adaption in the Cat Retina."
He grew up in Stuttgart, Germany, as the child of physical therapist Annemarie Schaefer Sakmann and stage director Bertold Sakmann.
He and geneticist Barbara McClintock were both recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (in 1991 and 1983, respectively).
