Karl Sperling

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Karl Sperling (born May 11, 1941 in Kamenz ) is a German human geneticist .

Life

Sperling studied biology and chemistry and received his doctorate in Berlin in 1969. From 1971 he was a professor at the Institute for Genetics at the Free University of Berlin . From 1976 he was full professor and head of the Institute for Human Genetics at the Free University of Berlin, which is now part of the Charité . Sperling is the author of around 300 original publications. His work focuses on cytogenetics and analyzes of genetically determined diseases with chromosome instability . He was a co-author of the 2009 genetic engineering report .

In 1994, Sperling caused a sensation with a publication that described an accumulation of trisomy 21 cases in births in Berlin for the period nine months after the Chernobyl accident in 1986 . His conclusions that increased ionizing radiation caused an increase in Down syndrome cases in Berlin and other parts of Germany, however, were "violently contradicted"; his thesis is still not recognized as the current state of research.

He has been a member of the Leopoldina since 1997 . He is also a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences . In 2008 Sperling received the GfH Medal of Honor and in 2011 he received the Jacob Henle Medal .

Fonts (selection)

  • Karl Sperling: Investigations on the influence of Trenimon on the chromosomes and the generation cycle of human lymphocytes in vitro. Berlin 1969 (dissertation, Free University Berlin, 1969).
  • K. Sperling, J. Pelz, RD Wegner, A. Dörries, A. Grüters, M. Mikkelsen: Significant increase in trisomy 21 in Berlin nine months after the Chernobyl reactor accident: temporal correlation or causal relation? In: British Medical Journal . Vol. 309, 1994, pp. 158-162, DOI: 10.1136 / bmj.309.6948.158 .
  • H. Scherb, K. Sperling: Today's lessons from the Chernobyl reactor accident In: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau . Vol. 64, 2011, H. 5, pp. 229-239 ( PDF ).
  • K. Sperling, H. Neitzel, H. Scherb: Evidence for an increase in trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) in Europe after the Chernobyl reactor accident. In: Genetic Epidemiology. Vol. 36, 2012, H. 1, pp. 48-55, DOI: 10.1002 / gepi.20662 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Second genetic engineering report. Analysis of a high technology in Germany. Dornburg: Forum W - Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2009 (= research reports of the interdisciplinary working groups of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Volume 23). ISBN 978-3-940647-04-7
  2. ^ Karl Sperling: Down syndrome after Chernobyl in Berlin. In: Lutz Mez, Lars Gerhold, Gerhard de Haan (eds.): Nuclear power as a risk. Analyzes and consequences after Chernobyl . Lang, Frankfurt a. M. / New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-631-55827-0 , pp. 103-117.
  3. ↑ Henning Engeln: Really more deformities? Berlin study on hereditary defects after Chernobyl contains inconsistencies . On: zeit.de of April 24, 1987; last accessed on September 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Karl Sperling (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on July 22, 2016.
  5. ^ Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences: Karl Sperling , accessed on September 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Sperling, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German human geneticist
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Kamenz