Hartmut Wekerle
Hartmut Wekerle (born May 30, 1944 in Waldshut-Tiengen ) is a German neuroimmunologist at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology .
Life
Wekerle studied medicine at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , where he also received his doctorate. As a postdoctoral fellow he worked at the Weizmann Institute for Science (Israel) and at the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology in Freiburg. Here he completed his habilitation and became an adjunct professor of immunology. From 1982 to 1987 he headed the clinical research group for multiple sclerosis in Würzburg, before he was appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology in 1988. In 2011 he retired , but continues his research as part of a senior professorship at the Hertie Foundation at the Max Planck Institute.
Scientific focus
Hartmut Wekerle's work deals with the causes and mechanisms of diseases that arise from a conflict between the immune and nervous systems - and in particular with multiple sclerosis .
Hartmut Wekerle made a number of important discoveries. Among other things, he managed to prove it
- potentially auto-aggressive immune cells in the healthy immune system (Schlüsener & Wekerle, J. Immunol. 1985) ,
- the special organization of the immune response in the nervous system (Fontana et al., Nature 1984) , and
- the role of B-lymphocytes in autoimmune reactions of the nervous system (Krishnamoorthy et al., J. Clin. Invest. 2006) .
Volunteering
In the context of his international contacts, Hartmut Wekerle has shown numerous voluntary commitment. The scientist has been a member of the board of the Mildred Scheel Foundation for Cancer Research of the German Cancer Aid since 1995 . In this task, he stimulates the global dialogue between researchers and experts.
Wekerle is also a member of the medical advisory board of the German Multiple Sclerosis Society .
Awards and memberships (selection)
- 1982 Ernst Jung Prize
- 1999 Zülch Prize
- since 2002 member of the academy of scholars Leopoldina
- 2013 honorary doctorate from the University of Hamburg
- 2014 honorary doctorate from the University of Würzburg
- 2017 Jacob Henle Medal
Web links
- Literature by and about Hartmut Wekerle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wekerle's homepage at the MPI for Neurobiology
Individual evidence
- ↑ DMSG press release at see archive link ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Member entry by Hartmut Wekerle at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Honorary doctorate for Hartmut Wekerle. Press release from June 3, 2014 at Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de); Retrieved June 5, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wekerle, Hartmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurobiologist and physician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldshut-Tiengen |