Horst Hanson

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Horst Hanson (born  June 5, 1911 in Lauchhammer ; †  July 3, 1978 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German biochemist . From 1948 he worked as a professor of physiological chemistry and director of the Physiological-Chemical Institute at the University of Halle and devoted himself in particular to the investigation of intracellular proteases in lysosomes . From 1955 he belonged to the Leopoldina and from 1959 to the Saxon Academy of Sciences .

Life

Horst Hanson was born in Lauchhammer in 1911 and initially studied natural sciences and mathematics and later medicine at the University of Halle . In 1933 he became a member of the SA , in 1937 he joined the NSDAP and the NSDÄB . He obtained his medical license and doctorate in 1935 , and then worked as an assistant or from 1937 to 1939 as senior assistant at the University's Physiological Institute. From 1939 to 1940 he worked as a research assistant in the nutritional physiology department of the Reich Health Office. After being called up for military service, he worked as a senior physician in the Air Force and as a troop doctor in Russia and Finland, and from 1942 as a clerk for nutritional issues in the Reich Ministry of Aviation , having previously completed his habilitation in 1941 at the University of Halle .

After the end of the Second World War he again became an assistant at the Physiological Institute in Halle, and the following year he took over the provisional management of the Physiological-Chemical Institute. In 1948 he was appointed professor with a teaching position and a short time later, succeeding Emil Abderhalden, he was appointed professor with a chair for physiological chemistry and director of the Physiological-Chemical Institute. From 1954 to 1956 he was dean of the medical faculty. In 1965/1966 he was also acting head of the University's Department of Pharmacology. He died in Halle in 1978 .

Scientific work

In Halle, Hanson continued the research founded by Emil Abderhalden on proteolytic enzymes and the metabolism of proteins . The main focus of his work was the intracellular proteases in lysosomes .

Awards

Hanson was from 1955 a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and from 1959 was a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences . In addition, he was awarded the Carus Medal in 1969 and the Academy 's Medal of Merit in 1971 by the Leopoldina, as its General Secretary from 1967 until his death .

Fonts (selection)

  • Via proteolysis by intracellular proteases. Series: Treatises of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Mathematics and science class. Volume 48, Issue 1. Berlin 1963
  • Biochemical contributions to the knowledge of serum oxytocinase. Series: Nova acta Leopoldina. Volume 36. Leipzig 1971 (as co-author)
  • Protein turnover and differentiation processes of animal cells. Series: Treatises of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Mathematics and science class. Volume 52, Issue 5. Berlin 1974

literature

  • Peter Bohley, Kurt Mothes : Horst Hanson, 5.6.1911–3.7.1978. In: Yearbook of the Saxon Academy of Sciences 1977–1978. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1980, pp. 217-220
  • Laudation for Mr. Horst Hanson, Halle on the occasion of the awarding of the Carus Medal. In: Nova acta Leopoldina. Volume 35. JA Barth, Leipzig 1970, p. 55
  • Henrik Eberle: The Martin Luther University in the time of National Socialism. Mdv, Halle 2002, ISBN 3-89812-150-X , p. 327f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harry Waibel : Servants of many gentlemen: Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 120.
personal data
SURNAME Hanson, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauchhammer
DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 1978
Place of death Halle (Saale)