Günter Blobel

Günter Blobel (born May 21, 1936) is a German biologist.

Blobel was born in Waltersdorf, Germany. He graduated at the University of Tübingen in 1960 and received his Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin at Madison. He was appointed to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1986.

Blobel was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that newly synthesized proteins contain "address tags" which direct them to the proper location within the cell. This is known as protein targeting.

As of 2003, Blobel works at the Rockefeller University, New York.

Blobel lives at home on Manhattan's Upper East Side with his wife and three English setters.

Scientific Awards

• 1978: National Academy of Sciences' U.S. Steel Foundation Award in Molecular Biology
• 1982: Gairdner Foundation International Award
• 1993: Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
• 1995: Ciba Drew Award in Biomedical Research
• 1996: King Faisal Award
• 1997: Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology
• 1999: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine