Kai Simons
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 86 |
Date of birth | March 23,1938 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Helsinki |
Finland | |
Residence | Germany |
Known for | Lipid raft |
Golgi apparatus | |
Education | University of Helsinki |
H index | 162 |
Awards | EMBO Membership |
Robert Koch Gold Medal | |
J. W. Runeberg Prize | |
Van Deenen Medal | |
Citations | 118,800 |
Affiliations | Max Planck Institute Of Molecular Cell Biology And Genetics |
Interests | Cell Biology Membranes Lipidomics |
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ID | 705144 |
Kai Simons Life story
Kai Simons is a Finnish professor of biochemistry and cell biology and physician living and working in Germany. He introduced the concept of lipid rafts, as well as coined the term trans-Golgi network and proposed its role in protein and lipid sorting.