Honorary Academician

Health Sciences: PhD in Biophysics

Date of admission: July 20, 2017

Admission speech: «Neuronal Signalling and Brain Research»

Reply speech: Hon. Dr. Ramón Cugat Bertomeu, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery

Nobel Prize in Medicine 1991: He was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the electrical mechanisms of cells, which led to the development of innovative techniques that revolutionized the study of cells and their functions.

Dr. ERWIN NEHER

  • Born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, on 20 March 1944.
  • Nobel Prize in Medicine (1991), together with Bert Sakmann, for the development of the “patch-clamp” technique and their discoveries on ion channels in cells.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

  • Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics.
  • Researcher at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
  • Research stays at the Universities of Wisconsin, Yale, and Göttingen.
  • Director of the Department of Membranes and Cellular Biophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen).
  • Developer of the patch-clamp method, enabling the study of the activity of a single ion channel in cell membranes.
  • Advances in understanding nerve conduction, synaptic plasticity, and processes such as hormone secretion.
  • Demonstrated the essential role of calcium as an intracellular messenger.
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.
  • Member of the European Academy.
  • Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
  • Recipient of international awards in biophysics and neuroscience for his contributions to medicine and cellular biology.

Dr. ERWIN NEHER

  • Born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, March 20, 1944.

Nobel Prize

  • Nobel Prize in Medicine (1991), together with Bert Sakmann, for the development of the patch-clamp technique and their discoveries concerning ion channels in cells.

Academic Background

Scientific Career

  • Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.
  • Researcher at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
  • Academic stays at the universities of Wisconsin, Yale, and Göttingen.
  • Director of the Department of Membrane Biophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen).

Scientific Contributions

  • Development of the patch-clamp method, enabling the study of the activity of a single ion channel in cell membranes.
  • Pioneering advances in the understanding of nerve conduction, synaptic plasticity, and processes such as hormone secretion.
  • Groundbreaking demonstration of the crucial role of calcium as an intracellular messenger.

Awards and Honors

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.
  • Member of the European Academy.
  • Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
  • Recipient of numerous international awards in biophysics and neuroscience for his contributions to medicine and cell biology.