Bernard Katz

Sir Bernard Katz (26 March 1911 – 20 April 2003) was a British physician of Jewish-German descent. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970. He studied the active principles of nerve biochemistry.

Sir Bernard Katz
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Born(1911-03-26)26 March 1911
Died20 April 2003(2003-04-20) (aged 92)
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig
Known forNeurophysiology of the synapse
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1970)
Scientific career
FieldsNeurophysiology
InstitutionsUniversity College London
Sydney Hospital
Academic advisorsArchibald Hill