Hans-Georg Schweiger

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Hans-Georg Schweiger (born August 21, 1927 in Königsberg , Prussia , † November 15, 1986 in Wilhelmsfeld ) was a German cell biologist .

Life

Schweiger grew up in Königsberg. After Reich labor service, military service, American captivity and assistant teaching activity, Schweiger began studying chemistry at the Humboldt University in Berlin in 1947 . After completing his preparatory studies, he switched to medicine , where he passed the state examination in 1953 . In 1955 , Schweiger received his doctorate from the University of Hamburg with a thesis on glucose - absorption of the intestinal mucosa .

After completing his doctorate, Schweiger worked at the Institute for Biochemistry at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 1958 he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Marine Biology (cell biology since 1968) in Wilhelmshaven .

In 1969, Schweiger was appointed director of the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology . Under his leadership, the institute moved to Ladenburg near Heidelberg in 1977 .

Schweiger dealt intensively with the interaction of the cell nucleus with the cytoplasm and especially with the chloroplasts - in this way he was able to demonstrate the transfer of chloroplast genes to the cell nucleus.

Schweiger was a founding member of the German Society for Cell Biology and its president from 1979 to 1981.

From 1985 until his death, Schweiger was chief editor of the European Journal of Cell Biology .

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  1. ↑ P. Traub, in: Mitt. D. MPG 1987, pp. 86-93
  2. ↑ Hamburg, Med. F., Diss. July 29, 1955 : Resorption studies on an intestinal preparation
  3. ^ Board members of the German Society for Cell Biology
personal data
SURNAME Schweiger, Hans-Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cell biologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg , Prussia
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1986
Place of death Wilhelmsfeld