Franz-Ulrich Hartl

Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Born	10 March 1957; Essen, West Germany
Alma mater	Heidelberg University ; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Known for	Research of protein folding
Awards	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize ; Gairdner Foundation International Award ; Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science ; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ; Heinrich Wieland Prize ; Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ; Shaw Prize ; Albany Medical Center Prize ; E.B. Wilson Medal ; Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences ; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art ; Schleiden Medal
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry ; Howard Hughes Medical Institute ; Cornell University ; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ; University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis	Die Steuerung peroxisomaler Enzymaktivitäten durch Schilddrüsenhormon in der Leber der Ratte (The Regulation of Rat Liver Peroxisomal Metabolism by Thyroid Hormones) (1985)

Franz-Ulrich Hartl (born 10 March 1957) is a German biochemist and the current Executive Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. He is known for his pioneering work in chaperone-mediated protein folding.

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