Konrad Beyreuther (born 14 May 1941) is a German molecular biologist and chemist known for his work on neurodegenerative diseases.
He wrote his PhD Thesis at the Max-Planck Institut für Biochemie in Munich.
[1] Together with British researchers, he discovered the pathogenic prion that causes BSE, also known as mad cow disease, in 1998.
In 1990, he won the Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease[3] with Robert D. Terry and was awarded the Potamkin Prize jointly with Masters.
[6] In 1997 they were awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine together with James F. Gusella for contributions to the understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.