Bert Sakmann is a German physiologist and biophysicist. He is a professor at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1991 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Erwin Neher, for their discovery of “the patch-clamp technique, a method to measure electrical currents in individual cells with high resolution” This technique allows the study of ion channels and the electrical activity of cells with high precision, which has led to many discoveries in the fields of physiology, neuroscience, and other areas of biology. He has also made significant contributions to the study of cell signaling, synapses, and the physiology of schizophrenia. He has published many papers in scientific journals, and he is a member of several professional societies and academies. Professor Sakmann was General Director of the School in Life Sciences from 2003-2007.
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