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Place of Birth: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Andreas Plückthun
- Andreas Plückthun (born May 7, 1956) is a scientist whose research is focused on the field of protein engineering.
- Andreas Plückthun is the director of the department of biochemistry at the University of Zurich.
- Plückthun was appointed to the faculty of the University of Zurich as a Full professor of biochemistry in 1993.
- Plückthun was group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry , Germany (1985-1993).
- He was elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in 1992, and named a member of the German National Academy of Science (Leopoldina) in 2003.
- He is cofounder of the biotechnology companies Morphosys (Martinsried, Germany) Molecular Partners AG (Zürich-Schlieren, Switzerland) and G7 Therapeutics.
- (Zürich-Schlieren, Switzerland).Plückthun is a member of the board directors of the Antibody Society. His work is highly cited in the field of antibody engineering.
- He has been honoured by a number of international awards.
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