Institute for Cell Physiology (DAW)

The Institute for Cell Physiology of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin (DAW) was a non-university research institute in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) based in Berlin-Buch .

It was created on October 1, 1961 from the cell physiology department of the Institute for Medicine and Biology founded in Buch in 1947 . Erwin Negelein was the first director of the institute . His successor after his retirement in 1964 was Heinz Bielka , who had previously been deputy director at the Academy's Institute for Experimental Cancer Research from 1962 .

With effect from January 1, 1972, the Central Institute for Molecular Biology (ZIM) emerged from the institute and the Academy Institutes for Biochemistry , Biophysics and Pharmacology . After German reunification, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine emerged from the ZIM and the Central Institutes for Cancer Research and Cardiovascular Research, which are also located in Berlin-Buch .

literature

• The Institutes of Medicine and Biology 1947–1971. In: Heinz Bielka : History of the medical-biological institutes Berlin-Buch. Second edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 978-3-540-42842-8 , pp. 68-93