Franz-Ulrich Hartl

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

Hartl was born in Essen, Germany on March 10, 1957. He completed his M.D. (1982) and Dr. Med. (1985) from the University of Heidelberg. He then completed his Dr. Med. Habil. from the Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich in 1990. He was Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich from 1985 to 1986 and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1989 to 1990.

Hartle received the 2007 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science jointly with Arthur L. Horwich of Yale School of Medicine, "for their significant contribution in protein folding".^[1] He also received the 2008 Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science jointly with Arthur L. Horwich "for their pioneering work in the field of protein-mediated protein folding".^[2]