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Günter Blobel was a Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.

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science · German-American biologist (1936–2018) · biochemist · physician · university teacher · cell biologist · molecular biologist · also Günter Blobel, Gunter Blobel, Blobel

Born 21 May 1936 · Died 18 February 2018 · Q60108

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Awarded Fellow of the AACR Academy (2014).
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Jun 2006Award
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2006).
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2018· 9 entries

Feb 23, 2018Documented record69% confidence

Wall Street Journal: Günter Blobel Solved a Mystery of Cell Biology: How Proteins Navigate the Body

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Feb 23, 2018Documented record69% confidence

The Independent: Günter Blobel: German biologist who donated Nobel prize cash to rebuilding Dresden synagogue

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Feb 20, 2018Documented record69% confidence

Seattle Times: Günter Blobel, Nobel-winning biologist who helped rebuild war-torn Dresden, dies at 81

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Feb 19, 2018Documented record69% confidence

WRAL: Günter Blobel, Nobel Laureate Who Found Cell ‘ZIP Codes,’ Dies at 81

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Feb 19, 2018Documented record69% confidence

Bild: Nobelpreisträger Günter Blobel (81) ist tot - Dresden verliert seinen größten Gönner

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Feb 19, 2018Documented record69% confidence

Tagesspiegel: Nobelpreisträger und Dresden-Mäzen: Mediziner Günter Blobel gestorben

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Feb 19, 2018Documented record69% confidence

derStandard: Medizin-Nobelpreisträger Günter Blobel gestorben

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Feb 19, 2018Documented record69% confidence

n-tv Nachrichten: Der TagNobelpreisträger Günter Blobel ist tot

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Feb 18, 2018Documented record86% confidence

Died 2018-02-18.

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2016· 1 entry

May 20, 2016Documented record69% confidence

Bild: Promi-Geburtstag vom 21. Mai 2016: Günter Blobel

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2014· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2014Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Fellow of the AACR Academy (2014).

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2012· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2012Documented record79% confidence

Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,664 times.

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2006· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2006Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2006).

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2002· 1 entry

Apr 16, 2002Documented record69% confidence

idw: Nobelpreisträger Prof. Günter Blobel ist Rolf-Sammet-Stiftungsgastprofessor 2002

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2001· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2001Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (2001).

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1999· 3 entries

Dec 10, 1999Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.

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Jun 15, 1999Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Massry Prize (1999).

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Jun 15, 1999Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1999).

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1996· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1996Documented record84% confidence

Awarded King Faisal International Prize in Science (1996).

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1994· 2 entries

1994Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The founder and president of the nonprofit "Friends of Dresden, Inc

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1994Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Blobel became well known for his direct and active support for the rebuilding of Dresden in Germany, becoming, in 1994, the founder and president of the nonprofit "Friends of Dresden, Inc." He donated all of the Nobel award money to the restoration of Dresden, in particular for the rebuilding of the Frauenkirche (completed in 2005) and the building of a new synagogue.

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1993· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1993Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1993).

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1992· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1992Documented record84% confidence

Won Max Delbrück Medal (1992).

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Jun 15, 1992Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Max Planck Research Award (1992).

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1987· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1987Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1987).

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1986· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1986Documented record84% confidence

Won E. B. Wilson Medal (1986).

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Jun 15, 1986Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Keith R. Porter Lecture (1986).

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1983· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

Won Otto Warburg Medal (1983).

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Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Richard Lounsbery Award (1983).

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1982· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1982Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1982).

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1978· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1978Documented record84% confidence

Awarded NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1978).

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1975· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1975Documented record79% confidence

Published “Transfer of proteins across membranes. I. Presence of proteolytically processed and unprocessed nascent immunoglobulin light chains on membrane-bound ribosomes of murine myeloma.” in The Journal of cell biology — cited 2,238 times.

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1968· 1 entry

1968Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Arguing "this is a shrine of German cultural history, connected to the most important names in German cultural history

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1945· 1 entry

1945Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Shortly after the bombing of Dresden, while an older brother survived the war and became a veterinarian in the United States

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1936· 1 entry

May 21, 1936Documented record86% confidence

Born 1936-05-21.

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