Martin Leverkus

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Martin Leverkus (born December 27, 1965 in Cologne , † February 16, 2016 in Aachen ) was a German doctor and university professor.

Life

Martin Leverkus studied medicine at the Universities of Cologne, Clermont-Ferrand (France), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Greenville (USA). With a thesis in experimental physiology he was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. During a two-year training grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG), he worked in the dermatologist department of Boston University with the so-called family of death receptors in the skin. In 1994 he completed a dermatological specialist training at the University of Würzburg and did research on the cells of the skin and the effects on tumor cells. In 2002 he completed his habilitation in Würzburg and worked as a senior physician at the Würzburg University Hospital and as a private lecturer.

Leverkus occurred on December 1, 2004, the University of Magdeburg , the C3 Foundation Professor of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the University Hospital of Magdeburg on. In 2009 he was offered an extraordinary professorship for clinical and molecular dermatology at the University Medical Center Mannheim and the University of Heidelberg . Most recently, Martin Leverkus was Professor at RWTH Aachen University and Director of the Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology - Dermatology Clinic - at the University Hospital of RWTH Aachen University .

Act

He was involved in various national and international working groups in the field of apoptosis research , in particular on the importance of the ambivalent molecule cFLIP for the cell. In 2015 he was awarded the Oscar Gans Prize for special scientific achievements in the field of experimental dermatology , in particular for his characterization of basic mechanisms and processes for regulating programmed cell death in the skin. In 2008 he received the research promotion award of the German Skin Research Center (DHFZ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Leverkus obituary , FAZ , February 24, 2016
  2. ↑ a b "Why do skin cells die?" , University of Magdeburg , accessed on February 24, 2016
  3. ^ Danger of white skin cancer: What makes skin tumor cells immortal , Innovation Report of November 30, 2015, accessed February 24, 2016
  4. ^ Oscar Gans Prize 2015 , Deutsches Ärzteblatt , 4/2015, accessed February 24, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Leverkus, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne , Germany
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 2016
Place of death Aachen , Germany