Julius Adler (biochemist)
Julius Adler (born April 30, 1930 in Edelfingen ) is a German-American biochemist.
Life
Adler came to the United States when he was eight, where his family had relatives in Grand Forks , North Dakota . In 1943 he became a US citizen. He studied biochemistry at Harvard University (Bachelor 1952) and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a master's degree in 1954 and his doctorate in biochemistry at Henry A. Lardy 1957. As a post-doctoral researcher he was from 1957 to 1959 when Arthur Kornberg at from Washington University School of Medicine and 1959/60 with A. Dale Kaiser at Stanford University School of Medicine. In 1960 he became an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an associate professor in 1963 and a professor in 1966. From 1972 he was Edwin Bret Hart Professor there, and from 1982 to 1995 he was Steenbock Professor of Microbiological Sciences there. Since 1997 he has been Professor Emeritus there.
Adler studied the chemotaxis of bacteria, which he studied using the E. coli model . He discovered a class of proteins that play a role: the MCP (methyl accepting chemotaxis protein). The degree of methylization of the MCP changes depending on the concentration of the substances that attract or repel the bacteria. The MCP regulate the chemotaxis by controlling the flagellates (concentration-dependent distribution of the sense of direction of rotation). Later he studied the reaction mechanisms of the Drosophila fly to attractive or repellent chemical substances.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1978), the American Philosophical Society (1989), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1976) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1991). In 1986 he received the Otto Warburg Medal , in 1996 the William C. Rose Award from the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in 1980 the Selman A. Waksman Microbiology Award from the National Academy of Sciences and in 1988 the KH Wright Award from Simon Fraser University . He is honorary doctor of the University of Tübingen (1987) and the University of Regensburg (1995).
He has been married to Hildegard Wohl since 1963 and has two children.
Web links
- Homepage
- Kresge, Simoni, Hill Julius Adlers contributions to understanding bacterial chemotaxis , Journal of Biological Chemistry 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adler, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edelfingen |