Ernst JM Helmreich
Ernst JM Helmreich (born July 1, 1922 in Munich ; † February 4, 2017 ) was a German biochemist .
Life
Helmreich studied medicine and organic chemistry in Munich . In 1949 he received his doctorate in medicine. He completed his habilitation with a thesis on the metabolism of fructose . In 1954 Helmreich went to Carl and Gerty Cori at Washington University in St. Louis , where he later received a professorship. In 1967 he had a sabbatical with Manfred Eigen . In 1968 Helmreich received a call to the chair of physiological chemistry at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg , where he retired in 1990 . This was followed by research stays with Thomas Jovin at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen (1990) and at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda , Maryland (1993/1994).
Act
Helmreich has worked on numerous biochemical topics, including the mechanism of action of cardiac glycosides , the relationship between fat and sugar metabolism , the mechanism of action of insulin , the synthesis and secretion of antibodies in living cells, membrane transport , the role of pyridoxal phosphate in phosphorylase kinase , the Role of G proteins and beta adrenoceptors and the synthesis and in situ localization of fluorescent molecules.
Similar to the cross-faculty research and teaching program for molecular biology at Washington University in St. Louis, which he helped to create, Helmreich also developed and implemented the concept of a biocenter from 1968 to 1993 in Würzburg - against resistance from colleagues who were traditionally rooted there. Helmreich and his Würzburg Institute are now considered to be formative for post-war biochemical research in Germany. During the division of Germany, he kept in touch with researchers from the GDR and played an important role in the restructuring of East German life sciences after 1989.
Awards (selection)
- 1976 member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1982 member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
- 2003 Cothenius Medal from the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2011 Honorary Senator of the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
Web links
- "Father of the Biozentrum" at Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg (uni-wuerzburg.de); Retrieved February 20, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of February 11, 2017, accessed February 17, 2017.
- ↑ Ernst JM Helmreich: Has the golden age of biology dawned? (Speech on the opening of the Biozentrum of the University of Würzburg on May 18, 1993) In: Würzburger medicalhistorische Mitteilungen 12, 1994, pp. 355–361
- ↑ Biozentrum: Concept and History. In: biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved March 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Member entry by Ernst JM Helmreich at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on September 30, 2012.
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Ernst JM Helmreich , full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and competency handbook ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 41 kB) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (badw.de); Retrieved September 30, 2012
- ^ Akademie Leopoldina honors two scientists with the golden Cothenius Medal , press release at leopoldina.org
- ↑ Honorary Senators of the University of Würzburg (uni-wuerzburg.de); Retrieved September 30, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helmreich, Ernst JM |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helmreich, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 2017 |