Gunter S. Fischer
Gunter S. Fischer (born May 23, 1943 in Altenburg ) is a German biochemist .
Life
After attending elementary and high school, Fischer completed an apprenticeship as a skilled worker in chemical production in the Leuna works in Merseburg . From 1962 to 1967 he studied chemistry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and obtained his diploma from Wolfgang Langenbeck . In 1971 he was at the Department of Biochemistry of the MLU with the work -Ketosäureamiden alpha in terms of their biological function studies on the structure and reactivity of alpha-keto acids and doctorate . He then worked as an independent scientist and teaching assistant in the biology department of the MLU. In 1979 he completed his habilitation in biochemistry with the thesis The biochemical view of the amide group reactivity . In 1987 Fischer went to Berlin as a scientist at the Biotechnical Institute of the Pharmaceutical Combine GERMED .
In 1989/1990 Fischer was head of the biochemistry department at the MLU, but in 1990 he went to the University of Würzburg for a visiting professorship . From 1992 to 1997 he was group leader of the working group “Enzymology of Peptide Binding” of the Max Planck Society . In 1992 Fischer received the professorship for molecular biochemistry at the Institute for Biochemistry and Biotechnology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg . From 1997, Fischer was managing director of the Max Planck Research Center for Enzymology of Protein Folding in Halle (Saale) , which was closed on December 31, 2012 . From 2013 Fischer has been Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry , Göttingen .
From 1996 to 1999 Fischer was Vice President of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh). From 2000 to 2010, Fischer was Vice President of the Leopoldina .
Act
Fischer focused in particular on the chemistry of proteolytic reactions , in particular organic-chemical studies on peptide substrates of proteases and specific proteases, the catalytic mechanism of serine proteases , with the inactivation of serine and cysteine proteases with proline specific proteases. He researched the uses of enzymes for laboratory diagnostics , carrier-fixed enzymes and, in particular, protein folding and proline chemistry. Fischer discovered a new class of conformation-changing enzymes, the peptidyl-prolyl-cis-trans-isomerases , also known as foldases.
Awards (selection)
- 1990 Karl Lohmann Medal of the Biochemical Society of the GDR
- 1990 member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 1993 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 1993 member of the Leopoldina
- 2000 Scientific member of the Max Planck Society
- 2002 Max Bergmann Medal from the Max Bergmann Society
- 2012 Honorary membership of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
- 2013 Cothenius Medal of the Leopoldina
Web links
- Literature by and about Gunter S. Fischer in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV (PDF; 171 kB) at the Leopoldina (leopoldina.org)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gunter Fischer at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (bbaw.de); Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ Member entry by Gunter S. Fischer (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 6, 2016.
- ^ Honorary membership in the Society of German Chemists (gdch.de); Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ↑ Leopoldina honors two Academy members with Cothenius medals for their scientific life's work. Press release from September 4, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Gunter S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fisherman Gunter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |