Dirk Pette
Dirk Pette (born February 14, 1933 in Hamburg ) is a German biochemist and professor of physiological chemistry at the University of Konstanz .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1951, Dirk Pette studied medicine in Hamburg and Geneva. In 1958 he received his license to practice medicine and obtained a doctorate to become Dr. med. In 1963 he completed his habilitation in physiological chemistry at the University of Marburg.
In 1967 he was appointed to the newly founded University of Konstanz and until 1999 held the professorship for metabolic and muscle biochemistry as well as enzymology in the biology department. From 1973 to 1983 he was spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center 138 and from 1984 to 1998 he was the spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center 156.
Dirk Pette is the son of the research couple Heinrich Pette (1887–1964) and Edith Pette (1897–1972), the founders of the Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology .
He lives on the island of Reichenau .
Honors
- Robert Feulgen Prize of the German Society for Histochemistry (1972)
- Admission to the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences (1999)
- Honorary doctorate Dr. hc sci. from the University of Waterloo , Ontario, Canada (2000)
- Duchenne-Erb Prize of the German Society for Muscle Diseases (2005)
Fonts
- Plasticity of Muscle , De Gruyter 1980 (Reprint Beck 2009), ISBN 978-3-11-007961-6
- The Dynamic State of Muscle Fibers , De Gruyter 1990 (Reprint Beck 2009), ISBN 978-3-11-012168-1
- Skeletal muscle as a heart substitute , Universitätsverlag Konstanz 1990, ISBN 978-3-87-9403837
- Old muscle doesn't rust (Konstanz University Speeches) , University Press Konstanz 1998, ISBN 978-3-87-9406401
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dirk Pette: “A new biology at Konstanzer Sonnenbühl” , University of Konstanz , accessed on November 12, 2019
- ↑ Angela Homfeld: “Inauguration and unveiling of the portraits of Heinrich and Edith Pette on September 14 at the Heinrich Pette Institute” , Heinrich Pette Institute from September 14, 2006, accessed on November 12, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pette, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |