German Zoological Society
German Zoological Society (DZG) |
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legal form | registered association |
founding | May 28, 1890 in Frankfurt am Main |
Seat | Munich |
Office | Munich |
purpose | zoology |
Chair | Jacob Engelmann |
Website | www.dzg-ev.de |
The German Zoological Society (DZG) is a scientific specialist society . It was founded in Frankfurt am Main in 1890 . It has the legal form of a registered association with its seat and office in Munich .
The DZG represents all German-speaking zoologists and corresponds with other regional or national zoological societies. It represents the interests of zoology in the scientific associations and may also be consulted by politicians. Every zoologist and zoology student can become a member of society. The society organizes an annual meeting. Until 2004, this traditionally took place in the week of Pentecost. Since Pentecost week has not been lecture-free at all universities for a number of years, the search for conference venues became more and more difficult, so the company decided to negotiate the conference date with the host university from 2005 onwards.
Since 2004 the DZG has published its own scientific journal for the first time in its history : Frontiers in Zoology . The English-language online magazine of the DZG is published by the online publisher BioMed Central . Former publication organs of the DZG are the Zoological Gazette and the Zoological Yearbooks.
The DZG awards various prizes for the promotion or appreciation of scientific work.
Karl-Ritter-von-Frisch-Medal
The Karl-Ritter-von-Frisch- Medal is a science award of the German Zoological Society (DZG). The prize has been awarded every two years since 1980 to scientists whose work is characterized by excellent zoological achievements, which represent an integration of the findings of several individual biological disciplines. It is the most important science award in zoology in Germany and is endowed with 10,000 euros.
Prize winners:
- 2018 Stanislav N. Gorb
- 2016 Diethard Tautz , molecular biologist
- 2014 Charlotte Helfrich-Förster , Neurobiology
- 2012 Horst Bleckmann , Neuro-, Sensory, and Behavioral Physiology
- 2010 not awarded
- 2008 Gerhard Heldmaier , animal physiologist
- 2006 Martin Heisenberg , neurobiologist
- 2004 Randolf Menzel , neurobiologist
- 2002 Friedrich G. Barth , neurobiologist
- 2000 Walter J. Gehring , developmental physiology and geneticist
- 1998 Peter Berthold , ornithologist
- 1996 Bert Hölldobler , behavioral scientist , sociobiologist and evolutionary ecologist
- 1994 Rüdiger Wehner , zoologist and behavioral physiologist
- 1992 Herbert Jäckle , biophysicist
- 1990 Gerhard Neuweiler , zoologist, neuro and sensory physiologist
- 1988 Thomas Eisner , biologist and chemical ecology
- 1986 Martin Lindauer , behavioral biologist
- 1984 Otto Kinne , marine ecologist
- 1982 Werner Nachtigall , bionic scientist
- 1980 Franz Huber , behavioral physiologist
Walther Arndt Research Prize
Research award for young scientists.
Horst Wiehe Dissertation Prize
The dissertation award of the Horst Wiehe Foundation is a science award of the DZG that has been awarded every two years since 1991. It is endowed with 2000 euros (previously 4000 DM) and is awarded at the respective DZG annual conference for an outstanding scientific dissertation on an exclusively zoological topic to young scientists between the doctorate and habilitation.
- 2015 Alexander Blanke (Hull, UK)
- 2013 Jan Clemens (Princeton, NJ)
- 2011 Joachim Haug ( Ulm University )
- 2009 Sandra Steiger ( University of Freiburg )
- 2007 Lutz Fromhage ( University of Hamburg / Bristol)
- 2005 Martin Fanenbruck ( University of Bochum )
- 2003 Wolfgang Forstmeier ( University of Würzburg )
- 2001 Klaus Fischer ( University of Bayreuth )
- 1999 Sylvia Ortmann ( University of Marburg )
- 1997 Erhard Strohm (Würzburg)
- 1995 Thomas Lubjuhn (Bonn)
- 1993 Heike Hadrys (Braunschweig / Yale)
- 1991 Henning Schneider (Constance / Harvard)
Werner Rathmayer Prize
The Werner Rathmayer Prize is a special prize for an original work from zoology as part of the Jugend forscht competition . It has been awarded annually to a finalist in the competition since 2004 and is rewarded with 500 euros and free participation in the following DZG annual conference.
- 2016 Nora Siefert ( Hanover )
- 2015 Thomas Lindner ( Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate )
- 2014 Freia-Raphaella Lorenz ( Bayreuth )
- 2013 Antonia Trede ( Kiel )
- 2012 Linda Marx ( Chemnitz )
- 2011 Miriam Kreß & Louise Hildebrand ( Schlüchtern )
- 2010 Lisa Hallex ( Freiberg )
- 2009 Jessica Oberheim ( Bensheim )
- 2008 Johannes Dill ( Dresden )
- 2007 Wieland Heim (Chemnitz)
- 2006 Markus Neumann (Chemnitz)
- 2005 Sascha Hoinkiss ( Schwanewede )
- 2004 Daniel Schütz ( Kemmern )
President of the DZG
- 1890/91 Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898)
- 1892/93 Franz Eilhard Schulze (1840–1921)
- 1894/95 Ernst Ehlers (1835–1925)
- 1896/97 Otto Bütschli (1848–1920)
- 1898/99 Franz Eilhard Schulze
- 1900/01 Hubert Ludwig (1852–1913)
- 1902/03 Carl Chun (1852–1914)
- 1904/05 Johann Wilhelm Spengel (1852–1921)
- 1906/07 Richard Hertwig (1850–1937)
- 1908/09 Ludwig von Graff (1851–1924)
- 1910/11 Friedrich Zschokke (1860–1936)
- 1912/13 Eugen Korschelt (1858–1946)
- 1914/15 Karl Heider (1856–1935)
- 1916/17 Max Braun (1850-1930)
- 1918/19 Willy Kükenthal (1861–1922)
- 1920/21 Ludwig Döderlein (1855–1936)
- 1922/23 Valentin Haecker (1864–1927)
- 1924/25 Hans Lohmann (1863–1934)
- 1926 Ludwig Rhumbler (1864–1939) from 1926 on, the president and first deputy changed their office at the end of the year
- 1927 Richard Hesse (1868–1944)
- 1928 Karl von Frisch (1886–1982)
- 1929 Jan Versluys (1873–1939)
- 1930 Waldemar Schleip (1879–1948)
- 1931 Max Hartmann (1876–1962)
- 1932 Carl Zimmer (1873–1950)
- 1933 Fritz Baltzer (1884–1974) resigned from office as a non-German, successor was Paul Buchner
- 1934 Paul Buchner (1886–1978)
- 1935 Ernst Matthes (1889–1958)
- 1936 Ernst Matthes went to Coimbra for political reasons , successor was Wilhelm Josef Schmidt
- 1936/37 Wilhelm Joseph Schmidt (1884–1974)
- 1938/39 Albrecht Hase (1882–1962)
- 1940 Hermann Weber (1899–1956)
- 1941 Hans-Jürgen Stammer (1899–1968)
- 1942 Otto Mangold (1891–1962)
- From 1943–45, Adolf Remane was principally managing director as the third deputy
- 1949/50 Albrecht Hase
- 1951/52 Wulf Emmo Ankel (1897–1983)
- 1953/54 Bernhard Rensch (1900–1990)
- 1955/56 Otto Koehler (1889–1974)
- 1957/58 Curt Kosswig (1903–1982)
- 1959/60 Alfred Kaestner (1901–1971)
- 1961/62 Friedrich Seidel (1897–1992)
- 1963/64 Adolf Remane (1898–1976)
- 1965/66 Manfred Gersch (1909–1981)
- 1967/68 Erich Reisinger (1900–1978)
- 1969/70 Martin Lindauer (1918-2008)
- 1971/72 Friedrich Schaller (1920–2018)
- 1973/74 Günther Osche (1926-2009)
- 1975/76 Ernst Florey (1927–1997)
- 1977/78 Dietrich Neumann (1931–2012)
- 1979/80 Johann Schwartzkopff (1918–1995)
- 1981/82 Jürgen Boeckh (* 1934)
- 1983/84 Klaus Immelmann (1935–1987)
- 1985/86 Hans Schneider (* 1929)
- 1987/88 Bernt Linzen (1931–1988)
- 1989/90 Werner Rathmayer (1937-2003)
- 1991/92 Hans-Rainer Duncker (* 1933)
- 1993/94 Franz Huber (1925-2017)
- 1995/96 Klaus Peter Sauer (* 1941)
- 1997/98 Gerhard Heldmaier (* 1941)
- 1999/00 Albrecht Fischer (* 1937)
- 2001/02 Gerhard Neuweiler (1935-2008)
- 2003/04 Barbara König (* 1955)
- 2005/06 Diethard Tautz (* 1957)
- 2007/08 Johann-Wolfgang Wägele (* 1953)
- 2009/10 Wolf-Michael Weber (* 1954)
- 2011/12 Hermann Wagner (* 1953)
- 2013/14 Constance Scharff (* 1959)
- 2015/16 Susanne Dobler (* 1956)
- 2017/18 Stefan Richter (* 1964)
- 2019/20 Jacob Engelmann
Honorary members
- Wulf Emmo Ankel
- Carl Apstein
- Walther Arndt
- Hansjochem Autrum
- Fritz Baltzer
- Paul Buchner
- Reinhard Dohrn
- Ernst Ehlers
- Manfred Gersch
- Alexander Goette
- Richard Goldschmidt
- Hermann Grenacher
- Karl Grobben
- Ernst Hadorn
- Ernst Haeckel
- Max Hartmann
- Albrecht Hase
- Karl Heider
- Wolf Herre
- Konrad Herter
- Richard Hertwig
- Richard Hesse
- Franz Huber
- Otto Kinne
- Eugen Korschelt
- Curt Kosswig
- Alfred Kühn
- Robert Lauterborn
- Rudolf Leuckart
- Franz von Leydig
- Martin Lindauer
- Konrad Lorenz
- Alexander Luther
- Paul Mayer
- Ernst Mayr
- Günther Osche
- Heinz Penzlin
- Bernhard Rensch
- Wilhelm J. Schmidt
- Franz Eilhard Schulze
- Johann Schwartzkopff
- Friedrich Seidel
- Hans Spemann
- Karl von Frisch
- Rüdiger Wehner
- August Weismann
- Wolfgang Wieser
- Otto zur Strassen
Networking
The society is a member of the German National Biology Committee (DNK) , which represents the interests of bioscientists in international organizations. The society is a member of the Association of Biology, Biosciences and Biomedicine in Germany eV (VBIO) , which is committed to the biosciences in Germany.
Jena Declaration
At its annual meeting in September 2019, the society under Martin S. Fischer , Uwe Hoßfeld , Johannes Krause and Stefan Richter adopted the Jena Declaration, according to which the concept of human races is "the result of racism and not its prerequisite". The division of people into races is referred to as social and political type formation, followed and supported by an anthropological construction on the basis of arbitrarily chosen properties such as hair and skin color. This construction serves precisely to justify open and latent racism with alleged natural conditions and thus to create a moral justification. Other prominent members such as the forensic biologist Mark Benecke welcomed the decision and called for Article 3 of the Basic Law to be amended . An article in Die Zeit evaluated the declaration primarily as a political symbol at a time when racist ideas were increasingly moving into the center of society. The fact that race ideology was very present in Jena during National Socialism is what makes the Jena Declaration so special.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DZG website
- ^ Karl-Ritter-von-Frisch-Medal. In: dzg-ev.de. German Zoological Society, accessed June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Great honor for neurobiologist. Press release from September 16, 2014 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de).
- ↑ German Zoological Society: Jena Declaration. The concept of race is the result of racism, not its premise. In: Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Friedrich Schiller University Jena, German Zoological Society, September 2019, accessed on September 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Mark Benecke: Jena declaration on the abolition of the term "race". In: Dr. Mark Benecke. International Forensics & Consulting =. September 11, 2019, accessed September 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Andreas Sentker: Racism: It's not the same! In: The time . September 12, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed October 8, 2019]).