Henri Korn (15 February 1934 – 2 November 2023) was a French neuroscientist with the Pasteur Institute.

Henri Korn
Korn in 2016
Born(1934-02-15)15 February 1934
Died2 November 2023(2023-11-02) (aged 89)
OccupationNeuroscientist

Life and career

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Korn was born on 15 November 1934.[1] In 1992 he won the Richard Lounsbery Award jointly with Philippe Ascher for "their discoveries of the mechanisms of synaptic transmission. Philippe Asher (sic) furthered knowledge regarding the properties of glutamate receptors which play an important role in trials, and Henri Korn brought to light the elementary liberation of neurotransmitter in quanta form in the central nervous system of vertebrates."[2]

in 2007, re-analysis of Korn's data[3] by Jacques Ninio in the Journal of Neurophysiology showed serious anomalies that suggested the results were fabricated.[4]

He died on 2 November 2023, at the age of 89.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences: La vie des sciences". Gauthier-Villars. 5 November 1991 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Richard Lounsbery Award. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ de Pracontal, Michel (27 September 2007). "Fraude à l'Institut Pasteur ? Savants au bord de la crise de nerfs". Le Nouvel Observateur (in French). No. 2238. p. 108.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference nature_losing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Le Figaro : Deuils - Henri KORN". carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr.