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Günter Blobel: Pioneer of Molecular Cell Biology

The Markus Library’s new exhibit is dedicated to Günter Blobel (1936-2018), a Nobel Prize-winning Rockefeller biologist who discovered the mechanisms by which proteins are targeted for delivery to specific locations within cells. Dr. Blobel joined the Rockefeller faculty 51 years ago; he was the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Professor and had been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator since 1986.

Beyond his scientific work, Blobel was well known for supporting the rebuilding of Dresden. In memory of his sister Ruth, who was killed in an air raid during the war, Blobel donated almost the entirety of his Nobel prize money for the rebuilding of the Dresden Frauenkirche, a baroque Lutheran church, as well as the building of a new synagogue.

In addition to the Nobel Prize, he received numerous other awards, including the Warburg Medal from the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1983), the E.B. Wilson Medal from the American Society for Cell Biology (1986), the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1989), the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (1993), and the New York City Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Science and Technology (1997).


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  • One-word descriptor by The Rockefeller University

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  • Günter Blobel, 2003 by The Rockefeller University

    Günter Blobel, 2003

  • Günter Blobel's laboratory by The Rockefeller University

    Günter Blobel's laboratory

  • Members of the Blobel laboratory by The Rockefeller University

    Members of the Blobel laboratory

  • Dresden by The Rockefeller University

    Dresden

  • The ruins of the Church of Our Lady in Dresden

    The ruins of the Church of Our Lady in Dresden

  • Dresden, 1970s

    Dresden, 1970s

  • Friends of Dresden by The Rockefeller University

    Friends of Dresden

  • At the reconstruction site of the Frauenkirche by Matthias Rietschel

    At the reconstruction site of the Frauenkirche

  • The Frauenkirche and the Dresden Synagogue by I. Hargittai

    The Frauenkirche and the Dresden Synagogue

  • Dresden Synagogue by L. Thumling

    Dresden Synagogue

  • History of the Dresden Synagogue

    History of the Dresden Synagogue

  • Blobel lab in Dresden by The Rockefeller University

    Blobel lab in Dresden

  • Save Venice Inc. by The Rockefeller University

    Save Venice Inc.

  • Fubine Church by Pietro Fernando

    Fubine Church

  • Günter Blobel and Laura Maioglio in Fubine Monferrato by Luigi Angelino

    Günter Blobel and Laura Maioglio in Fubine Monferrato

 
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