Bernard Katz
Sir Bernard Katz, FRS was a German-born British physician and biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve physiology; specifically, for his work on synaptic transmission at the nerve-muscle junction. He shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1970 with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1969.
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- Born in
- Leipzig
- Educated at
- University College LondonLeipzig University
- Awards
- 🏆 Copley Medal🏆 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Archibald Hill🎓 Martin Gildemeister
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1911
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