Axel Brennicke

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Axel Brennicke (born January 22, 1953 in Werne ; † February 26, 2017 ) was a German biologist , professor of molecular botany at Ulm University and an author who was critical of science .

Career

Brennicke was a professor at the Free University of Berlin from 1988 to 1994 , first for plant physiology and then for molecular biology . From 1989 to 1994 he was also managing director of the Institute for Gene Biological Research in Berlin (predecessor of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam) and was appointed to Ulm University in 1994. He had been a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 1999 .

research

Brennicke and his team researched mRNA and RNA editing . In in vitro approaches, he investigated nucleotide sequences that influence the development of certain properties.

author

Brennicke published both scientific findings and findings about science. Since 2003 he has published the column “Views of a Prof” in Laborjournal , in which he wrote down “the madness and wit of life and work at universities” from the point of view of a professor.

Outside of the scientific business, Brennicke became known through his book “Do you really want to become a scientist? ... then go! "known. In it he described realistically and sometimes ironically the various stages of a scientific career up to becoming a professor. DRadio Berlin writes about it: "The book plays ironically with clichés without refuting them."

There are also numerous scientific publications by Axel Brennicke. He wrote u. a. as co-author of the standard work on plant physiology.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ BNB: Axel Brennicke
  2. ^ Obituary at Ulm University
  3. Member entry of Axel Brennicke at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on April 12, 2015.
  4. Michael Lange: From spinners and Sonderings. Axel Brennicke: "Do you really want to become a scientist? ... then go!" Deutschlandradio Kultur, May 15, 2011.