Robert Huber 1322930 224811366 2008-07-10T14:57:29Z Ginosal 1446520 adding image {{dablink|For the U.S. Representative from Michigan, see [[Robert J. Huber]].}} {{Infobox Scientist |name = Robert Huber |box_width = |image = Robert Huber.JPG |image_width = 150px |caption = Robert Huber |birth_date = [[February 20]], [[1937]] |birth_place = [[Munich]] |death_date = |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[Germany]] |ethnicity = |field = [[Biochemist]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Cyanobacteria]] [[Crystallography]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = [[Image:Nobel prize medal.svg|20px]][[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in [[1988]] |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Robert Huber''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[biochemist]] and [[Nobel laureate]]. He was born [[20 February]] [[1937]] in [[Munich]] where his father, Sebastian, was a bank cashier. He was educated at the Humanistische Karls-Gymnasium from 1947 to 1956 and then studied [[chemistry]] at the [[Technical University of Munich|Technische Hochschule]], receiving his diploma in 1960. He stayed, and did research into using [[crystallography]] to elucidate the structure of [[organic compounds]]. In 1971 he became a director at the [[Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry]] where his team developed methods for the crystallography of [[protein]]s. In 1988 he received the [[Nobel Prize for Chemistry]] jointly with [[Johann Deisenhofer]] and [[Hartmut Michel]]. The trio were recognized for their work in first crystallizing an intramembrane protein important in photosynthesis in [[cyanobacteria]], and subsequently applying X-ray crystallography to quantify the protein's structure. The information provided the first insight into the structural bodies that performed the integral function of photosynthesis. This insight could be translated to understand the more complex analogue of photosynthesis in plants.<ref>{{cite journal | author = J. Deisenhofer, O. Epp, K. Miki, [[Robert Huber|R. Huber]] & [[Hartmut Michel|H. Michel]] | title = Structure of the protein subunits in the photosynthetic reaction centre of Rhodopseudomonas viridis at 3Å resolution | year = 1985 | volume= 318 | issue = 6047 | pages = 618–624 | doi = 10.1038/318618a0 | journal = Nature}}</ref> He is married with four children. He has recently taken up a post at the [[Cardiff University]] and will spearhead the development of Structural Biology at the university on a part time basis. ==External links== *[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1988/huber-autobio.html Autobiographical information at www.nobel.org] ==Publications== Robert Huber was one of the original editors of the [http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/0470-027312/home Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry Laureates 1976-2000}} {{BD|1937||Huber, Robert}} [[Category:Members of the National Academy of Sciences]] [[Category:German biochemists]] [[Category:People from Munich]] [[Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry]] [[Category:Foreign Members of the Royal Society]] [[Category:Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)]] [[Category:German Nobel laureates]] [[Category:Studienstiftung alumni]] [[Category:Technical University of Munich alumni]] [[Category:Technical University of Munich faculty]] [[ar:روبرت هوبر]] [[ca:Robert Huber]] [[de:Robert Huber]] [[es:Robert Huber]] [[eo:Robert Huber]] [[fr:Robert Huber]] [[io:Robert Huber]] [[id:Robert Huber]] [[it:Robert Huber]] [[ja:ロベルト・フーバー]] [[oc:Robert Huber]] [[pl:Robert Huber]] [[pt:Robert Huber]] [[ro:Robert Huber]] [[sk:Robert Huber]] [[fi:Robert Huber (biokemisti)]] [[sv:Robert Huber]] [[zh:罗伯特·胡贝尔]]