Joachim Frank

Joachim Frank
Joachim Frank under Nobel Prize press conference in Stockholm, December 2017
Born (1940-09-12) September 12, 1940 (age 84)
CitizenshipUnited States, Germany[1]
EducationUniversity of Freiburg (BS)
University of Munich (MS)
Max Planck Society
Technical University of Munich (PhD) Cornell University
Known forSingle-particle cryo-electron microscopy
Ribosome structure and dynamics
Spouse
Carol Saginaw
(m. 1983)
ChildrenZe Frank & Mariel Frank
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsStructural biology
Cryo-electron microscopy
InstitutionsUniversity at Albany, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Thesis Untersuchungen von elektronenmikroskopischen Aufnahmen hoher Auflösung mit Bilddifferenz- und Rekonstruktionsverfahren  (1970)
Doctoral advisorWalter Hoppe
Other academic advisorsRobert Glaeser, Robert Nathan

Joachim Frank (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːaxɪm ˈfʁaŋk] ) HonFRMS; born September 12, 1940) is a German-American biophysicist at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate. He is regarded as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson.[2] He also made significant contributions to structure and function of the ribosome from bacteria and eukaryotes.

  1. ^ Frank, Joachim (2017), Curriculum Vitae Archived October 9, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017". The Nobel Foundation. October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.

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