Papers of Johann Deisenhofer

Collection

Identifier: 2007-026-2009-034

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1051096~S6

The bulk of the collection contains material from the period immediately preceding and following Johann Deisenhofer's being awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Dates

Creation: 1972-2005
Creation: Majority of material found within 1981-1999

Creator

Michel, Hartmut (Person)
Huber, R. (Robert), 1937- (Person)

Language of Materials

Text in English and German.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Portions of the notebooks may contain sensitive material subject to research restrictions. See Senior Archivist..

Biographical sketch

Johann Deisenhofer was born in Bavaria in 1943. Educated at the Technical University of Munich, he pursued post-graduate studies at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried. In 1988 he relocated to the United States taking a position as Medical Researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of the Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Extent

106 Linear Feet (73 boxes)

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, reprints of published papers and notebooks kept by Johann Deisenhofer during the years 1972 and 2005. The post-1987 correspondence is also preserved in CD-Rom format. Much of the correspondence and the earlier notebooks are written in German.