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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1960s (79) 1964 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1910s (117) 1911 (17) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Munich (7) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1979 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Munich (9) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) F (37) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) L (47) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 54 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Germany (98) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Max Planck Society (22) Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Munich (51) University of Munich (42) Alumni (28) Long-term academic staff (12) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (67) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Carus medal (8) Centenary Prize (31) G-H (389) G (254) Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (23) H (196) Hall of Fame of German Research (8) K-L (297) L (183) Liebig Medal (11) O-P (364) O (205) Otto Warburg Medal (8) P (242) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) complete name: Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen Lynen nobel prize: medicine award year: 1964 together with: Konrad Emil Bloch prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1964 was awarded jointly to Konrad Bloch and Feodor Lynen "for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Feodor family name: Lynen occupation: physician occupation: chemist occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Landshut, Germany description: Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen Lynen was a German biochemist. In 1964 he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Konrad Bloch for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism while he was director of the Max-Planck Institute for Cellular Chemistry in Munich. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1964. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1964/summary/> date birth: 1911 date death: 1979 usual name: Feodor Lynen
