Konrad Emil Bloch

Konrad Emil Bloch
Bloch in 1965
Born	21 January 1912 [1] Neisse, Prussian Silesia, German Empire (today Poland) [1]
Died	15 October 2000 Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	German-American
Alma mater	Technische Universität München
Known for	Discoveries with the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry, metabolism, physiology
Institutions	Columbia University, Florida State University, Harvard University, University of Chicago

Konrad Emil Bloch ForMemRS (21 January 1912 – 15 October 2000) was a German American biochemist.

Bloch won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964 with Feodor Lynen "for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism".^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Konrad Bloch - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 30 June 2014.