 Günter Blobel akaberekerwa muWaltersdorf muPrussian Province yeLower Silesia, yaimbova kumabvazuva kweGermany. Muna January 1945 mhuri yake yakabva kuSilesia ndokuenda kuDresden kuti vatize mauto eRed Army akanga achiuya. Mukati mokubhomba Dresden, Blobel, ipapo aiva namakore 8, akagara nemhuri yake papurazi rehama kumadokero kweguta. Pashure pehondo, Blobel akakura ndokuenda kuchikoro chokurovedza muviri mutaundi reSaxon reFreiberg. Akadzidza mushonga uye akapedza kudzidza paYunivhesiti yeTübingen muna 1960. Mushure memakore maviri ebasa mune zvekurapa internship, akatamira kuMadison, Wisconsin, achitevera mukoma wake mukuru, kunyoresa kuYunivhesiti yeWisconsin Madison uye, achijoinha lab yaVan R. Potter yebasa rake rekupedza kudzidza. Blobel akanyoresa muna 1967 aine Ph.D., akabva atora chinzvimbo chepurofesa mu microbiology paYunivhesiti. 