Bert Sakmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bert Sakmann

German biologist and physician (1991 Nobel Prize)

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1942

Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Profession: physician, biologist, university teacher, physiologist, biophysicist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Bert Sakmann (born 12 June 1942) is a German cell physiologist.
He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Erwin Neher in 1991 for their work on "the function of single ion channels in cells," and invention of the patch clamp.
Bert Sakmann was Professor at Heidelberg University and is an Emeritus Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany.
Since 2008 he leads an emeritus research group at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology.