Konrad Akert

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Konrad Akert, 1984

Konrad Akert (born May 21, 1919 - January 10, 2015 ) was a Swiss brain researcher .

life and work

Konrad Akert graduated from the Zurich Literature High School and then studied medicine at the University of Zurich . He passed the medical state examination in 1946. After working as an assistant at the Physiological Institute for three years , he received his doctorate under Walter Rudolf Hess with a thesis on the trout's sphere of vision . Konrad Akert stayed in close contact with his doctoral supervisor until his death in 1973.

From 1951 Konrad Akert worked in the USA for a decade, initially at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore under Arthur Earl Walker and Philip Bard . In 1953 he was offered a position as assistant professor of physiology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . In 1955 he was promoted to associate professor.

In 1961 he took over the newly created Extraordinariat for Brain Research at the University of Zurich as well as the establishment, establishment and management of the Institute for Brain Research until 1983. In 1970 he was promoted to full professor. In 1979 he was additionally entrusted with the successor to the chair of physiology and with the management of the Physiological Institute. From 1974 to 1976 he was dean of the medical faculty. From 1984 until his retirement in 1988 he was the first full-time rector of the University of Zurich.

Konrad Akert was the founder of the journal Brain Research , as its editor he worked from 1966 to 1976. His scientific interest was particularly the connection of the frontal lobe and the diencephalon ; also the membrane structure of nerve cells and their contact points . His list of publications includes over 300 works, most of which are devoted to structural problems. In 1960 he received the Robert Bing Prize of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences and in 1969 the Otto Naegeli Prize .

From 1963 to 1967 Konrad Akert also worked for the FDP in the Zurich Cantonal Council .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Holdings: NL Konrad Akert. UZH archive . Signature: PA.053. link
  2. ↑ Marita Fuchs: Former Rector Konrad Akert: Brain researcher with esprit and energy. In: UZH News. May 28, 2009, accessed February 22, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Christoph Wehrli: A patron of the university (obituary) . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . January 17, 2015, p. 35 .
  4. ^ Dossier: Akert, Konrad, 1919–2015, Hirnforschung. UZH archive. Signature: AB.6.001. link
personal data
SURNAME Akert, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss brain researcher and rector of the University of Zurich
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1919
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 2015