Bert Sakmann (1942- )
Awarded the Prize “for his discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.”German physiologist. Sakmann was born on June 12, 1942 in Stuttgart. He was educated at Tübingen Munich, gained his M.D. from the University of Gottingen. In 1974 he joined the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry at the University of G?ttingen, becoming head of the membrane physiology unit in 1983 director in 1985. In 1987 he was appointed the professor in the department of cell physiology. In 1989 he moved to Heidelberg as director of the cell physiology department of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research.