Kai Simons
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 87 |
| Date of birth | March 23,1938 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Helsinki |
| Finland | |
| Residence | Germany |
| Known for | Lipid raft |
| Golgi apparatus | |
| Education | University of Helsinki |
| H index | 162 |
| Awards | EMBO Membership |
| Robert Koch Gold Medal | |
| J. W. Runeberg Prize | |
| Van Deenen Medal | |
| Citations | 118,800 |
| Affiliations | Max Planck Institute Of Molecular Cell Biology And Genetics |
| Interests | Cell Biology Membranes Lipidomics |
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| ID | 705144 |
Kai Simons Life story
Kai Simons is a Finnish professor of biochemistry and cell biology and physician living and working in Germany. He introduced the concept of lipid rafts, as well as coined the term trans-Golgi network and proposed its role in protein and lipid sorting.