Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker
Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker (born July 26, 1941 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German biochemist and science manager.
scientist
Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker is the son of the chemist and former CEO of Hoechst AG Karl Winnacker . He studied chemistry at the ETH Zurich and received his doctorate from the same university in 1968 under Albert Eschenmoser . He then worked as a postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. In 1972 he became an assistant at the Institute for Genetics at the University of Cologne .
In 1977 he became professor of biochemistry at the University of Munich , and in 1980 full professor there. From 1984 to 1997 he was director of the laboratory for molecular biology at the genetic research center of the University of Munich.
His scientific focus is on virus-cell interactions, mechanisms of gene expression in higher cells and prion diseases (including BSE ).
He is a member of the Leopoldina (since 1988) and a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech) .
Science manager
From 1987 to 1993 he was Vice President and from 1998 to the end of 2006 President of the German Research Foundation (DFG) . From 1984 to 1992 he was a member of the Bundestag's Enquête Commission on the opportunities and risks of genetic engineering .
From 1992 to 1998 he was chairman of the sponsoring association of the TTN institute (Technology-Theology-Natural Sciences) at the University of Munich .
From 1999 to 2000 he was chairman of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors .
From January 2007 to July 2009 he was the first Secretary General of the newly created European Research Council (ERC European Research Council) in Brussels. He described his “adventure in the Brussels bureaucracy” in 2009 in ZEIT (“Please do not be so suspicious”) and in the book “European research on the move” published in 2012.
Since 2008, Winnacker has been committed to the Tom-Wahlig -Stiftung as a pioneer , which is committed to the research and healing of spastic spinal paralysis .
The organization of the international Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) elected Winnacker as its general secretary in 2009. As of July 1, 2009, he will succeed the former Secretary General, the Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel .
He is also deputy chairman of the Arthur Burkhardt Foundation for the Promotion of Science.
Awards
- 1990: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1992: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1996: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1999: Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1999: Science Prize from the Johann Georg Zimmermann Association
- 2001: Winner of the 2001 Ring of Honor of the Eduard Rhein Foundation
- 2006: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2006: Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Silver
- 2007: Medal for special services to Bavaria in a United Europe
- 2007: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland .
- 2009: "Order of the Rising Sun with Golden Rays on the Collar" , presented by the Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso
- 2010: Medal for International Cooperation in Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
- 2010: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2010: Medal of Merit of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2011: Robert Koch Gold Medal for his "valuable impulses for a sustainable development of the science system in Germany and Europe"
- 2011: Richard Ernst Medal from ETH Zurich
- 2015: Honorary membership of the German Society for Internal Medicine
- 2017: Induction into the Hall of Fame of German Research
Publications (selection)
- Genes and Clones - An Introduction to Genetic Engineering , VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, 1985
- It's time. When it comes to stem cell research, the political authorities have to show their colors. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , 23 November 2001
- Which school do we want? How long can we still afford scientific illiteracy? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 9, 2002
- The Genome - Possibilities and Limitations of Genetic Research (3rd expanded and current edition), Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main, 2002
- Europe's research on the move - adventures in the Brussels bureaucracy , Berlin University Press, Berlin, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86280-043-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker in the catalog of the German National Library
- The general secretary of the organization HFSP
- Please don't be so suspicious! (Review of his work as the first Secretary General of the ERC) In: Die Zeit , September 3, 2009
- Talent is evenly distributed - Why science is the only thing that still works in Europe. An interview with Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker In: Die Zeit , December 13, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry by Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 20, 2016.
- ↑ Stepmaker . Archived from the original on March 19, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ↑ Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker to be appointed Secretary General of HFSPO ( English , PDF; 84 kB) International Human Frontier Science Program Organization. June 9, 2008. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2008.
- ^ Website of the Arthur Burkhardt Foundation , accessed on February 11, 2016
- ↑ Monitor Polski 2007 no 28 poz. 311
- ↑ DFG press release No. 18 from May 15, 2009: “Order of the Rising Sun” for Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker , accessed September 1, 2009.
- ^ High Chinese distinction for Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker . In: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft from January 19, 2010, accessed on January 20, 2010
- ↑ National Academy Leopoldina awards Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker with the Medal of Merit , press release in: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft dated December 7, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winnacker, Ernst-Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |