Rudolf Hagemann (geneticist)

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Rudolf Hagemann (born October 21, 1931 in Aue ) is a German geneticist .

Hagemann grew up in Raschau as the son of the teacher Fritz Hagemann, 1950 to 1965 school director of the EOS "Bertolt Brecht" in Schwarzenberg . After completing his A-levels in Schwarzenberg, he began studying biology at the University of Leipzig in 1950 , but moved to the University of Halle in 1952 , where he obtained his diploma in 1955. After subsequent research at the Institute for Crop Plant Research Gatersleben of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin , he received his doctorate in 1958 at the University of Halle and, after further research at the Institute for Crop Plant Research Gatersleben, habilitated at the University of Halle in 1966 .

From 1967 to 1994 he was Professor of Genetics and Director of the Institute for Genetics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, from 1994 to 1996 Professor of Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research in Cologne and in 1996 Professor of Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen. In 1990, 1995 and 1997 he was visiting professor for molecular genetics at the University of Salzburg in Austria. Rudolf Hagemann has been chairman of the German Society for the History and Theory of Biology (DGGTB) since 2014.

His main areas of work were genetic instability research (paramutability) and chloroplast genetics. Since the early 1990s, his focus has been on the history of genetics.

Rudolf Hagemann has published over 200 publications, including several monographs and a textbook on general genetics (4th edition, 1999).

Memberships and honors

  • 1969 member of the Leopoldina
  • 1980 NIVavilov Medal of the All-Union Society of Geneticists and Breeders of the USSR
  • 1989 Thomasius Medal from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg for the promotion of young scientists
  • 1990 Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR
  • 2013 Miescher-Ischida Prize from the International Society of Endocytobiology

literature

  • Thomas Börner: Nestor of East German Genetics celebrates his 80th birthday. In: BioSpektrum 17 (2011), pp. 810-811. ISSN  0947-0867 ( PDF )
  • Rudolf Hagemann: A genetics professor in the GDR: challenges, commitment and experiences. Rangsdorf: Basilisken-Presse 2012. ISBN 978-3-941365-18-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Hagemann (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 23, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Hagemann, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geneticist
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Aue (Saxony)