Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof | |
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Südhof in 2024 | |
| Born | Thomas Christian Südhof December 22, 1955 |
| Nationality | German American |
| Alma mater | RWTH Aachen University University of Göttingen (PhD) |
| Known for | Presynaptic Neuron Synaptic Transmission |
| Spouse | Lu Chen |
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| Fields | Biology |
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| Thesis | Die biophysikalische Struktur der chromaffinen Granula im Lichte ihres Osmometerverhaltens und ihrer osmotischen Lyse (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor P. Whittaker |
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Thomas Christian Südhof (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈzyːtˌhoːf] ⓘ; born December 22, 1955), ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently, he is a professor in the school of medicine in the department of molecular and cellular physiology, and by courtesy in neurology, and in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
Südhof, James Rothman and Randy Schekman are the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates for their work on vesicle trafficking.
Südhof retracted Lin et al. 2023 research paper published in PNAS from his lab due to falsified data, and since mid-2022, PubPeer commenters including Elisabeth Bik have flagged 46 of Südhof’s papers, which explore how neurons communicate across synapses.