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biochemist

Andreas Plückthun, German biochemist. Achievements include antibody engineering, protein folding, directed molecular evolution; co-founder of MorphoSys AG. Recipient Young Investigators award German Chemical Industry Fund, 1990, Karl-Heinz Beckurts prize, 2000. Member European Molecular Biology Organization.

Background

Plückthun, Andreas was born on May 7, 1956 in Heidelberg, Germany.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, 1982.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1985. Group leader Gene Center Max-Planck Institute, Martinsried, Germany, 1985-1993. Professor University Zürich (Switzerland), since 1993.

Achievements

  • Andreas Plückthun has been listed as a noteworthy biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member European Molecular Biology Organisation.