Jürgen Schweizer

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Hans Jürgen Schweizer (born December 16, 1941 in Bad Kreuznach ) is a German molecular biologist .

Life

Jürgen Schweizer studied chemistry from 1960 to 1966 at Heidelberg University . He did his doctorate at the German Cancer Research Center , where he then worked as a molecular biologist until 2007. Schweizer made a significant contribution to research into keratins . Among other things, he was involved in a restructuring of the keratins' nomenclature.

In his honor, the European Hair Research Society launched the Jürgen Schweizer Award in 2009, which annually honors an outstanding young researcher in the field of skin and hair research.

In addition, Schweizer is an active member of the Homo heidelbergensis von Mauer e. V. which is committed to promoting scientific research into Homo heidelbergensis and its environment. For the association he organizes a series of lectures on paleontological topics.

Swiss lives in Wiesloch .

Fonts (selection)

  • J. Schweizer, PE Bowden, PA Coulombe et al. a .: New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins. In: J. Cell Biol. 174 (2), July 2006, pp. 169-174. doi: 10.1083 / jcb.200603161 . PMID 16831889 . PMC 2064177 (free full text).
  • L. Langbein, L. Eckhart, MA Rogers, S. Praetzel-Wunder, J. Schweizer: Against the rules: human keratin K80: two functional alternative splice variants, K80 and K80.1, with special cellular localization in a wide range of epithelia. In: J Biol Chem. 285 (47), November 19, 2010, pp. 36909-36921. doi: 10.1074 / jbc.M110.161745 . PMID 20843789 .
  • J. Schweizer, L. Langbein, MA Rogers, H. Winter: Hair follicle-specific keratins and their diseases. In: Exp Cell Res. 313 (10), June 10, 2007, pp. 2010-2020. Review. PMID 17428470 .
  • H. Winter, MA Rogers, M. Gebhardt, U. Wollina, L. Boxall, D. Chitayat, R. Babul-Hirji, HP Stevens, A. Zlotogorski, J. Schweizer: A new mutation in the type II hair cortex keratin hHb1 involved in the inherited hair disorder monilethrix. In: Hum. Genet. 101 (2), December 1997, pp. 165-169. PMID 9402962 .
  • H. Winter, J. Schweizer, K. Goerttler: Keratins as markers of malignancy in mouse epidermal tumors. In: Carcinogenesis. 1 (5), May 1980, pp. 391-398. PMID 6168405 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ J. Schweizer, PE Bowden, PA Coulombe et al. a .: New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins. 2006, pp. 169-174.
personal data
SURNAME Swiss, Jürgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swiss, Hans Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German molecular biologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Kreuznach