German biophysicist and Nobel laureate
Erwin Neher (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁviːn ⓘ /ˈ n eɪ ər [ 5] biophysicist , specializing in the field ofcell physiology . For significant contribution in the field, in 1991 he was awarded, along withBert Sakmann , theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning the function of singleion channels in cells".[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Early life and education [ edit ] Neher was born inLandsberg am Lech ,Upper Bavaria , the son of Elisabeth (née Pfeiffer), a teacher, and Franz Xaver Neher, an executive at a dairy company.[ 9] Technical University of Munich from 1963 to 1966.
In 1966, he was awarded aFulbright Scholarship to study in the US. He spent a year at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison , and earned a master's degree in biophysics. While at the laboratory of theMax-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry he met fellow scientistEva-Maria Neher (born Ruhr), whom he married in 1978 and subsequently the couple had five children –Richard , Benjamin, Carola, Sigmund and Margret.[ 10]
In 2003 Neher was one of 22 Nobel Laureates who signed theHumanist Manifesto .[ 11]
In 1986, he was awarded theLouisa Gross Horwitz Prize fromColumbia University together withBert Sakmann . In 1987, he received theGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of theDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft , which is the highest honour awarded in German research. Along withBert Sakmann , he was awarded theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991 for "their discoveries concerning the function of singleion channels in cells".[ 12] patch-clamp technique ,.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] Charles F. Stevens in his laboratory atYale University .
Since 1983, he became a director at theMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry inGöttingen and led the Department for Membrane Biophysics. He turned into an emeritus director of the Institute since 2011. He is also a Professor Emeritus at theUniversity of Göttingen and used to be co-chair of theBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen .
Neher holds honorary degrees from:[ 17]
University of Alicante, Spain, 1993 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 1993 Technical University of Munich, FRG, 1994 University of Madrid, Spain, 1994 Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology , Wuhan, PR China, 1994University of Bahía Blanca, Argentina, 1995 University of Rome, Italy, 1996 Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Israel, 1999University of Pavia , 2000Oxford University , 2025[ 21] Neher was elected aForeign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1994 .[ 1]
^a b c "Professor Erwin Neher ForMemRS" . London:Royal Society . Archived fromthe original on 2015-10-11.^ Elektronische Messtechnik in der Physiologie . Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1974.^ Single-channel recording / edited by Bert Sakmann and Erwin Neher. New York: Plenum Press, c1983.ISBN 0-306-41419-8 ^ Single-Channel Recording / edited by Bert Sakmann and Erwin Neher. 2nd ed. New York: Plenum Press, c1995.ISBN 0-306-44870-X ^ "Neher" .Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary ^ "Nobel autobiography of Neher" .^ "Neurotree - Erwin Neher Family Tree" .neurotree.org .^ Dean, Chris."Erwin Neher - Science Video Interview" .Vega Science Trust . ^ "Erwin Neher – Biographical, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991" .nobelprize.org . Nobel Media AB. Retrieved15 December 2019 .^ Schoenfeld 2006 , p. 264.^ "Notable Signers" .Humanism and Its Aspirations . American Humanist Association. Archived fromthe original on October 5, 2012. RetrievedOctober 4, 2012 .^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991" .Nobelprize.org . Retrieved16 May 2011 .^ Neher E, Sakmann B (March 1992). "The patch clamp technique".Scientific American .266 (3):44– 51.Bibcode :1992SciAm.266c..44N .doi :10.1038/scientificamerican0392-44 .PMID 1374932 . ^ Neher E (1992). "[6] Correction for liquid junction potentials in patch clamp experiments".Correction for liquid junction potentials in patch clamp experiments . Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 207. pp. 123– 31.doi :10.1016/0076-6879(92)07008-C .ISBN 978-0-12-182108-1 PMID 1528115 . ^ Neher E (September 1988). "The use of the patch clamp technique to study second messenger-mediated cellular events".Neuroscience .26 (3):727– 34.doi :10.1016/0306-4522(88)90094-2 .PMID 2462183 .S2CID 45756434 . ^ Neher E, Sakmann B, Steinbach JH (July 1978). "The extracellular patch clamp: a method for resolving currents through individual open channels in biological membranes".Pflügers Archiv .375 (2):219– 28.doi :10.1007/BF00584247 .PMID 567789 .S2CID 8035857 . ^a b "Erwin Neher Biographical" .www.nobelprize.org . Retrieved10 March 2021 .^ "Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience" .www.sfn.org . Retrieved2025-07-18 .^ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft."Liste der mit dem Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis Ausgezeichneten" (PDF) .www.dfg.de . Retrieved2025-07-18 . ^ "1990 - 1981 Awardees" .Columbia University Irving Medical Center . 2022-11-11. Retrieved2025-07-18 .^ "Honorary degrees awarded at Encaenia 2025 | University of Oxford" .www.ox.ac.uk . 2025-06-25. Retrieved2025-07-03 .
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