Evert Gorter

Overton hypothesized that cell membranes are made out of lipids. 1925 – Evert Gorter and François Grendel found that red blood cell membranes are formed by

fluid mosaic model that is generally accepted as a partial description. Evert Gorter and François Grendel (Dutch physiologists) approached the discovery of

to mean that the cell membrane is a single molecular layer. Prof. Dr. Evert Gorter (1881–1954) and F. Grendel of Leiden University approached the problem

He spent 1958-1959 at Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium (group of Evert W. Gorter) then did postdoctoral research at Indiana University (mentor Walter

Johan Hendrik Doeleman (1848–1913) Paul Gabriël (1828–1903) Arnold Marc Gorter (1866–1937) Hendrik Haverman (1857–1928) Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove