Biophysicist
Joachim Frank
German American biophysicist who developed the image processing behind cryo-electron microscopy, and a Nobel laureate.
Joachim Frank; born September 12, 1940) is a German-American biophysicist at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate. He is regarded as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson. He also made significant contributions to structure and function of the ribosome from bacteria and eukaryotes.
- Born
- 1940-09-12, Siegen, GermanyA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1940-09-12, Siegen, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
Europe/BerlinThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 19°28′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 2°40′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 26°22′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 3°42′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 15°08′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 15°34′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Taurus | 14°33′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 26°05′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 25°01′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 3°44′ | Direct |
Joachim Frank is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Joachim Frank was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.