German biophysicist Erwin Neher turned 80 last week. Neher and Bert Sakmann received the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their development of patch clamping: a method to record the current through individual ion channels. Russ Hobbie and I discuss Neher and Sakmann’s work in Chapter 9 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology.
I will turn over the rest of this post to Neher. In the two-minute video below, he offers advice to young scientists.
Erwin Neher's Advice to Young People: From a Nobel Prize Winner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3MNPuMFCI
In a ten-minute video, listen to Erwin Neher discuss advances in modern medicine.
Erwin Neher, Nobel Laureate for Medicine | Journal Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm3gHuxouZo
Finally, in this longer lecture, Neher describes the development of patch clamping.
Lecture by Erwin Neher at the University of Hyderabad. The talk begins at approximately minute 18, after a rather long introduction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okB2coPEJJk
Happy Birthday, Erwin Neher!
