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Bert Sakmann

1942 - Today

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Bert Sakmann (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁt ˈzakˌman] ; 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 the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bert Sakmann is the 220th most popular biologist (down from 135th in 2019), the 1,384th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,052nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Biologist. Learn more about Bert Sakmann's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Bert Sakmann ranks 220 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Matthäus Bechstein, J. Michael Bishop, Mikhail Tsvet, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, Oldfield Thomas, and James Dwight Dana. After him are Eric F. Wieschaus, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Grisebach, Jeffrey C. Hall, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, and Temple Grandin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bert Sakmann ranks 127. Before him are Carlos Monzón, George Jung, Evaristo Carvalho, Muslim Magomayev, Samuel R. Delany, and Terry Jones. After him are Geneviève Bujold, Mirjana Marković, Koji Funamoto, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Prince Michael of Kent, and Amine Gemayel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bert Sakmann ranks 1,384 out of 7,253. Before him are Erika Mann (1905), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), Herschel Grynszpan (1921), Gerberga of Saxony (913), and Franz Seldte (1882). After him are Hermann Graf (1912), Gottfried Feder (1883), Helmut Haller (1939), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Berthold, Duke of Merania (1153), and Günther Korten (1898).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Bert Sakmann ranks 29. Before him are Walther Flemming (1843), Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765), Hermann Schlegel (1804), Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), Hans Driesch (1867), and Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757). After him are Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794), August Grisebach (1814), Albert Günther (1830), Theodor Escherich (1857), Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), and Carl Correns (1864).

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