Peter custom

Peter Sitte (born December 8, 1929 in Innsbruck ; † September 13, 2015 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German biologist . He was a professor at the Institute for Biology II at the University of Freiburg.

Life

Peter Sitte studied botany , chemistry , experimental physics and philosophy at the University of Innsbruck , where he in 1954 with a thesis on the fine structure of plant cell walls doctorate . In 1958 he was with a study on the ultrastructure of root cells of the pea habilitation .

Sitte followed a call to Heidelberg University , where he was entrusted with the management of the electron microscopy laboratory at the Botanical Institute and was appointed associate professor for cell theory and biological electron microscopy. 1966 was the custom a reputation as a professor of cell biology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg . In Freiburg im Breisgau , Sitte and his colleagues worked on various areas of plant cell biology, such as the chromoplasts in the cells of flowers and fruits and the gerontoplasts of autumn leaves. Further research objects were the complex plastids of the Cryptomonads and the associated problem of cell evolution through secondary endocytobiosis .

He founded the journal Biology in Our Time . From 1977 to 1978 he was chairman of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors .

His brother Hellmuth Sitte was also an electron microscope operator.

Publications (selection)

• Construction and fine construction of the plant cell. G. Fischer, 1965.
• with Hans Mohr : Molecular Foundations of Development. 1971, BLV Buchverlag 1982, ISBN 3-405-10875-6 .
• with Hans Kleinig : Cell Biology. A textbook. 1984, ISBN 3-437-30528-X .
• Aesthetics as a basic value in education. In: Martin Lindauer , Winfried Böhm (ed.): “Not much knowledge saturates the soul”. Knowledge, recognition, education, training today. (= 3rd symposium of the University of Würzburg. ) Ernst Klett, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-12-984580-1 , pp. 323-348.
• Biology of the century. CH Beck, 1999, ISBN 3-406-45444-5 .

• Sitte is one of the five authors of the 2002 edition of Strasburger .

Memberships and honors

• Since 1969: Member of the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences , 1974–1984 Chairman of the General Biology Section and 1989–1999 Chairman of the new Cell Biology Section.
• 1973–1975: President of the German Society for Electron Microscopy
• 1975–1977: Founding President of the German Society for Cell Biology
• Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen
• External member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Honorary member of the German Botanical Society
• Member of the Academic Council of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• 1991: Schleiden Medal
• 1992: Lorenz Oken Medal from the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors
• 1995: Honorary doctorate in natural sciences, University of Salzburg
• 1998: Miescher-Ishida Award from the International Society for Endocytobiology
• 2009: Treviranus Medal

literature

• Neuhaus, Gunther: Peter Sitte 70 years old. Freiburg University Gazette 39: 124-125. 2000
• Custom, Peter: rides of my life. Experienced and imagined - farewell lecture by a cell biologist . Narrated experience. - 1st edition pp. 129–148. Freiburg i.Br. 2008
• Zvonimir Devidé: Celebrating the eightieth birthday of Professor Peter Sitte. Acta Bot. Croat. 69 (1): 137-146. 2010 [1]

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Sitte in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage at the University of Freiburg
• Honorary members of the German Botanical Society , with a biography of Sitte

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tim Kunkel: Obituary: Honorary member Prof. Dr. Peter Sitte - Actualia - German Botanical Society e. V. (DBG). In: deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de. October 1, 2015, archived from the original on November 24, 2015 ; Retrieved October 18, 2015 .