Bernd Lueken

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Bernd Lueken (born August 8, 1908 in Rüstringen ; † September 10, 1978 in Berlin ) was a German physiologist.

Life

Lueken was born as the son of the later mayor of Kiel Emil Lueken . After attending school in Wilhelmshaven and Kiel, he studied medicine at the universities of Munich , Bonn , Vienna and Kiel . In 1932, he put the state exam and received his doctorate in 1934 with a study of the uric acid excretion of the frog to Dr. med. In the same year he took up an assistant position with Wilhelm Trendelenburg at the Physiological Institute of the University of Berlin . There Lueken and a working group investigated problems of the excitability of the heart muscles, and his own research focused on the reflex physiology of the frog spinal cord. In 1938 he completed his habilitation with the study "Reflective functions of some completely separated spinal cord segments" and was appointed lecturer at the University of Berlin. Now Lueken turned increasingly to the investigation of the neurophysiology of the respiratory center . Due to a deformity of the feet, Lueken did not do military service, but was used as an air raid warden. After Trendelenburg's death, he was appointed acting director of the institute and, in January 1945, an extraordinary professor . After the reopening of the Berlin University, he received the status of professor with teaching assignment. In May 1946, Lueken accepted the vacancy chair of Emil Abderhalden at the University of Halle . The focus of his work was the regulation of vegetative functions , especially heart activity ("Neorophysiologie der Herzregulation", 1964). At the same time, he built up an efficient workshop in order to be able to cover the need for modern stimulation and measuring devices himself. After his retirement (1973), Lueken devoted himself mainly to scientific theory work.

Honors and memberships

In 1957 Lueken was elected a member of the Leopoldina , in 1968 he became chairman of its section for physiology. He was also a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . From 1966 he was Vice President of the Society for Experimental Medicine in the GDR. The German Physiological Society elected him an honorary member.

Lueken was heavily involved in the church. He was a long-time member of the parish council of St. Bartholomäus and St. Paulus and the district synod in Halle. From 1948 he belonged to the Evangelical Research Academy and from 1952 worked on its board of trustees. In the Evangelical Student Congregation he was a welcome, often lecturing guest.

Because of his diverse philosophical interests, Lueken was elected to the " Spiritus Circle ", which is classically oriented towards the humanities . Like other professors, he was therefore targeted by the State Security Service .

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SURNAME Lueken, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Rüstringen
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1978
Place of death Berlin