Beda M. Stadler

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Beda Martin Stadler (born June 21, 1950 in Visp ) is a Swiss molecular biologist and professor emeritus and former director of the Institute for Immunology at the University of Bern .

life and work

Stadler comes from a Catholic family with five children. His father worked as an engineer for the chemical and pharmaceutical company Lonza . Stadler attended the Spiritus Sanctus College in Brig . He studied biology in Bern and received his doctorate in molecular biology. He spent two years in the United States. After returning to Switzerland, he worked at the University of Bern and became Professor of Immunology in 1991.

Stadler conducted basic research in the field of allergology and autoimmunity and applied research for the production of recombinant human or artificial antibodies and vaccines for therapy .

He became known in public as a participant in the discussion and especially with his vicious columns , in which he mostly takes a position on medical, health and socio-political issues - such as alternative medicine (contra), genetic engineering (pro) and vaccination (contra criticism). His provocative theses, often ironically pointed in the title formulation - legalizes doping , consumers want genetic food or women are not funny - arouse approval and opposition from the readership. In 2009, one author of the Observer called him the “most controversial professor in Switzerland”.

From 2005 to 2008 he was a columnist for NZZ am Sonntag ; he also wrote for the Berner Zeitung and is the author of the blog Axis des Guten .

In addition to his scientific publications and newspaper columns, Stadler published a GMO cookbook in 2001 . Among other things, he is a member of the advisory board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation, which is critical of religion, and of the Hans Albert Institute since 2020.

Stadler is married and has two children.

Works

  • There are no human genes. Myths and facts about genetic engineering . Huber, Bern 1997
  • Genes on the fork. The world's first GMO cookbook . InterNutrition, Zurich 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Christoph Schilling: The favorite enemy. In: Observer . April 24, 2009, accessed February 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c Profile and contributions by Beda M. Stadler on the axis of the good
  3. ↑ Stadler at the NZZ, accessed on February 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ Stadler at The European, accessed on February 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ Advisory Board - Hans Albert Institute. Retrieved March 15, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Stadler, Beda M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stadler, Beda Martin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss biologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Visp