Johann deisenhofer autobiography definition

German biochemist

Johann Deisenhofer (German pronunciation:[ˈjoːhanˈdaɪzn̩ˌhoːfɐ]^ⓘ; born September 30, ) is a German biochemist who, along with Hartmut Michel and Robert Huber, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in for their determination of the first crystal structure of an integral membrane protein, a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis.^[2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Born in Bavaria, Deisenhofer earned his doctorate from the Technical University of Munich for research work done at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, West Germany, in He conducted research there until , when he joined the scientific staff of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Career

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