Eckhart Buddecke

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Eckhart Buddecke (born July 15, 1923 in Greifswald , † August 3, 2016 in Münster ) was a German physician and biochemist .

Life

Eckhart Buddecke studied human medicine and chemistry and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. From 1953 to 1966 he worked as a biochemist at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen and at the Physiological-Chemical Institute in Gießen and Tübingen. He completed Post Doc Fellowships at the Carolinska Institute in Stockholm (1957) and New York University (1959/60).

In 1966 he was offered a position at the University of Münster. From 1966 to 1988 he was director of the Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry at the University of Münster; From 1982 to 1990 he was also director of the Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, later the Leibniz Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research . Since 1993 he has been a consultant and project manager in the Department of Molecular Cardiology at the Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research.

In 1996, together with his wife Annemarie, he founded the Eckhart Buddecke Foundation for the promotion of basic medical research , which among other things awards the “Pro Scientific Sponsorship Prize” every year, a prize of 10,000 euros for young researchers.

Buddecke has published more than 250 publications on his subject, molecular medicine, nationally and internationally. His textbooks, for example on the biochemical basics of medicine, are still among the standard works for students today.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice Eckhart Buddecke , FAZ , edition of August 6, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Biography of Eckhart Buddecke , University of Münster, accessed on August 6, 2016
  3. ↑ Eckhart Buddecke Foundation , accessed on August 6, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Federal Cross of Merit to Prof. Buddecke , on campus.uni-muenster.de from September 18, 2008, viewed on August 6, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Buddecke, Eckhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and biochemist, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH 3rd August 2016
Place of death Muenster