Thomas C. Südhof Scientist

Thomas Christian Südhof (born December 22, 1955) is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently, he is a professor in the School of Medicine in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and by courtesy in Neurology, and in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.Südhof, James Rothman and Randy Schekman are the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates for their work on vesicle trafficking.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 22, 1955
Birth nameThomas Christian Südhof
Birth place
Germany , Göttingen
Education
University of Göttingen
RWTH Aachen University
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Spouse
Lu Chen (scientist)
Known for
Chemical synapse
Neurotransmission

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Scientist

awards
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
doctoral advisor
Victor P. Whittaker
Field of study
Biology

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External resources

  1. http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Thomas_Sudhof
  2. http://neuroscience.stanford.edu/research/laboratories/SudhofLab.html
  3. http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/sudhof.html
  4. http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/sudhof_bio.html