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Winfried Weissenhorn

Director, Institute of Structural Biology · France

✓ Verified current role· as of 2026-10-03

Winfried Weissenhorn is the CEO of Institute of Structural Biology. Weissenhorn is based in France.

Structural biologist who received his PhD in Biochemistry from Ludwig Maximilians University Munich in 1991. Performed postdoctoral training at Harvard University and held leadership positions at EMBL Grenoble and University Grenoble Alpes. Has been Director of the Institute of Structural Biology since 2015.

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Recent coverage of Winfried Weissenhorn has focused on structural biology research related to cellular membrane dynamics and protein complexes. Headlines highlight work on ESCRT-III polymers and their role in membrane deformation, as well as mechanistic studies of VPS4 protein function in filament cleavage, alongside earlier research on GABAA receptor-associated proteins.

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