Joachim Frank
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Joachim Frank is a German-American biophysicist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering cryo-electron microscopy techniques that revolutionized the visualization of biomolecules.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
German-American scientist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ biophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED ⓘ Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1940-09-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Siegen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Walter Hoppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry
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Technical University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ Wadsworth Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biophysics
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cryo-electron microscopy ⓘ electron microscopy ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Joachim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublication | Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cryo-EM studies of the ribosome
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methods for three-dimensional reconstruction from electron micrographs ⓘ single-particle reconstruction in electron microscopy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution
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single-particle cryo-EM image processing methods ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University
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Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
Jacques Dubochet
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Richard Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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