Feodor Lynen(1911–1979)
MedicineFeodor Felix Konrad Lynen was a German biochemist. In 1964 he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Konrad Bloch for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism while he was director of the Max-Planck Institute for Cellular Chemistry in Munich.
GermanyUniversity of Cologne
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Major Awards
110
Publications
4,592
Citations
37
h-index
74
i10-index
41.7
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1964for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Max Planck InstituteCo-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Career Timeline
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry?–present
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München?–present
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Other winners of the same award(s)
SS
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
ME
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
FR
Fred Ramsdell
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
KK
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
VA
Victor Ambros
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
GR
Gary Ruvkun
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
DW
Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
SP
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
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