German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joachim Frank (born September 12, 1940) is a German-born American biophysicist at Columbia University. He is thought to be as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson.[2] He also made major works to structure and function of the ribosome from bacteria and eukaryotes.
Joachim Frank | |
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![]() Joachim Frank under Nobel Prize press conference in Stockholm, December 2017 | |
Born | |
Citizenship | United States, Germany[1] |
Education | University of Freiburg (BS) University of Munich (MS) Max Planck Society Technical University of Munich (PhD) |
Known for | Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy Ribosome structure and dynamics |
Spouse |
Carol Saginaw (m. 1983) |
Children | Ze Frank & Mariel Frank |
Awards | Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science (2014) Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2017) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Structural biology Cryo-electron microscopy |
Institutions | University 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 advisor | Walter Hoppe |
Other academic advisors | Robert M. Glaeser, Robert Nathan |