Rainer Rudolph (biochemist)
Rainer Rudolph (born March 10, 1949 in Usingen ; † December 2, 2009 ) was a German chemist and protein biochemist .
Rudolph studied chemistry from 1968 to 1974 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . He wrote his doctoral thesis at the University of Regensburg under the direction of Rainer Jaenicke on the folding mechanisms of glycolytic enzymes.
After a year postdoctoral stay in the USA at Cornell University , he returned to the University of Regensburg. Here he worked as a research assistant for eight years. In 1987 he took over the management of the biochemistry department of the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Mannheim . In 1995 he followed the call to a C4 professorship at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . Here he took over the management of the technical biochemistry department.
His contributions to the problem of protein folding are of scientific importance .
In 2005 Rudolph was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Web links
- Member entry of Rainer Rudolph at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Homepage of the Rainer Rudolph Foundation, which commemorates Rudolph
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| SURNAME | Rudolph, Rainer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Usingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 2009 |