Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt | |
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| Born | 10 November 1940 |
| Died | 28 November 2022 (aged 82) Munich, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Munich |
| Awards | Liebig Medal (1983) Otto Warburg Medal (1991) Werner von Siemens Ring (1999) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco University of Würzburg Max Planck Society |
| Thesis | Zur Kenntnis der Fettsäuresynthetase aus Hefe (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | Feodor Lynen |
| Doctoral students | Hartmut Michel Peter Hegemann |
| Other notable students | Axel Brunger (postdoc) |
| Website | www |
Dieter Oesterhelt (10 November 1940 – 28 November 2022) was a German biochemist. From 1980 until 2008, he was director of the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried.