Erwin Neher Summary

Erwin Neher, along with Bert Sakmann, was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the development of the patch clamp technique. The use of this technique enabled Neher and Sakmann t... Read more

Erwin Neher was born in Landsberg, Germany, in 1944, the son of Franz Xavier Neher and Elisabeth Pfeiffer Neher. In 1967, he earned his master's degree from the University of Wisconsin under a Fulbrig... Read more