Dieter Oesterhelt#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 278 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Dieter Oesterhelt passed away November 28, 2022.
Positions Held
- Emeritus Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
- 1979 Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried
- 1973 - 1975 Head of research group at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratorium of the Max Planck Society in Tübingen
- 1969 - 1969 Lecturer at the University of Munich
Fields of Scholarship
- Biological energy
- Molecular biology of photoreceptors
- Bacteriorhodopsin
- Expression, crystallization and structural analysis of membrane proteins in yeast
- Biochemistry
- Halophilic organisms
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Otto-Warburg-Medaille
- Stifterverband 2011 Science Prize
