Johann Deisenhofer's Birth Card: The 7 of Hearts

In the record

Johann Deisenhofer (born September 30, 1943) is a German biochemist who, along with Hartmut Michel and Robert Huber, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1988 for their determination of the first crystal structure of an integral membrane protein, a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis. The birth-card coordinate for September 30 is the 7 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1988 Chemistry prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1988 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre

The 7 of Hearts coordinate

Johann Deisenhofer's birthday maps to the 7 of Hearts (The Reflective Heart). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Johann Deisenhofer. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You look at love clearly without using analysis as a way not to feel it.

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Johann Deisenhofer in the public record

Born in Bavaria, Deisenhofer earned his doctorate from the Technical University of Munich for research work done at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, West Germany, in 1974. He conducted research there until 1988, when he joined the scientific staff of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Together with Michel and Huber, Deisenhofer determined the three-dimensional structure of a protein complex found in certain photosynthetic bacteria. This membrane protein complex, called a photosynthetic reaction center, was known to play a crucial role in initiating a simple type of photosynthesis. Between 1982 and 1985, the three scientists used X-ray crystallography to determine the exact arrangement of the more than 10,000 atoms that make up the protein complex. Their research increased the general understanding of the mechanisms of photosynthesis and revealed similarities between the photosynthetic processes of plants and bacteria. Deisenhofer currently serves on the board of advisors of Scientists and Engineers for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government. In 2003 he was one of 22 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Johann Deisenhofer (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

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He conducted research there until 1988, when he joined the scientific staff of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

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Also on the record

1. He is currently a professor at the Department of Biophysics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
2. Johann Deisenhofer on Nobelprize.org

Other laureates with this card

• Adolfo Pérez Esquivel — 1980 Peace
• Barry J. Marshall — 2005 Physiology or Medicine
• Elie Wiesel — 1986 Peace
• Elizabeth H. Blackburn — 2009 Physiology or Medicine
• Jean Baptiste Perrin — 1926 Physics
• Jean-Marie Lehn — 1987 Chemistry
• Karl Ziegler — 1963 Chemistry
• Richard L.M. Synge — 1952 Chemistry
• Sir Nevill F. Mott — 1977 Physics

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What is Johann Deisenhofer's birth card?

The 7 of Hearts. September 30 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

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