Hartmut Michel
Hartmut Michel | |
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Hartmut Michel in 2013 | |
| Born | 18 July 1948 Ludwigsburg, Württemberg-Baden, American Zone, Allied-occupied Germany (now in Baden-Württemberg, Germany) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Known for | Crystallisation of membrane proteins |
| Spouse | Elena Olkhova |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Biophysics |
| Website | www |
Hartmut Michel (German pronunciation: [ˈhaʁtmuːt ˈmɪçl̩] ⓘ; born 18 July 1948) is a German biochemist, who received the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determination of the first crystal structure of an integral membrane protein, a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis.