Eduard Kellenberger
Eduard Kellenberger (born May 15, 1920 in Bern , † December 13, 2004 in Basel ) was a Swiss molecular biologist .
Life
The son of the economist Eduard Kellenberger (1889–1976) studied physics at the ETH Zurich . He then received his doctorate in 1953 from the University of Geneva , where he was a student of the physicist and viral geneticist Jean Weigle . From the beginning he devoted himself to interdisciplinary working methods with a strong emphasis on physiology , morphology (especially electron microscopy ), genetics , as well as biophysics and biochemistry . In 1958 he became an associate professor, and in 1961 a full professor of biophysics at the University of Geneva. From the Laboratoire de biophysique , which Kellenberger founded in the early 1950s, the Département de Biologie moléculaire emerged in 1962 .
Appointed full professor of microbiology at the University of Basel in 1970 , Kellenberger co-founded the Biozentrum of the University of Basel , which opened in 1971 , where he continued his research. His scientific focus lay on the one hand in the study of the morphogenesis of virus particles, on the other hand in the development of electron microscopic methodology in the areas of preparation technology, instrumentation and image evaluation. In 1990 he retired.
Kellenberger was a member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation , co-founder of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics. He campaigned for professional public relations work and a contemporary weighting of biology in education.
In 1958 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1965 he was elected as an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1966 Kellenberger received the Marcel Benoist Prize . He received honorary doctorates from the University of Lausanne in 1985 , the Technical University of Munich in 1987 and the University of Regensburg in 1989 .
literature
- Personalities of Europe. Switzerland. Iatas, Stansstad 1974.
- Bruno Strasser: Kellenberger, Eduard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Works
- Références Bibliographiques de Eduard Kellenberger ( Memento of December 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) (Bibliography, French)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kellenberger, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 2004 |
| Place of death | Basel |