Rudolf Jaenisch

Rudolf Jaenisch (2003)

Rudolf Jaenisch (born April 22, 1942 in Wölfelsgrund , Habelschwerdt district , Lower Silesia ) is a German molecular biologist and geneticist who has made outstanding contributions to the development of the mouse model as a model for researching human diseases.

Life

Rudolf Jaenisch studied medicine at the University of Munich and graduated with a doctorate in 1967. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich and then went to Princeton University . He remained there until 1972, after which he worked as assistant professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla in California until 1977. In that year he returned to Germany and headed until 1984, the Department of Tumor Virology at the Heinrich Pette Institute for Experimental Virology and Immunology at of the University of Hamburg . In 1984 he followed a call to the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Rudolf Jaenisch is primarily concerned with medical research on the mouse model he developed . He is considered a pioneer in the field of transgenetic research. His mouse model made it possible to investigate the causes of a number of diseases using the model and also to study the role of DNA modifications , imprinting and inactivation of the X chromosome in basic research .

Awards and memberships

1996: Boehringer Mannheim Molecular Bioanalytics Prize
2001: Gruber Prize for Genetics
2002: Robert Koch Prize
2003: Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research
2003: Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2004: Member of the Leopoldina
2006: Max Delbrück Medal
2008: Massry Prize
2009: Ernst Schering Prize for his groundbreaking work in the field of transgenic animal models and therapeutic cloning
2010: Large Federal Cross of Merit with a star
2010: National Medal of Science
2011: Wolf Prize for Medicine
2013: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Sciences
2013: Passano Award
2014: Otto Warburg Medal
2015: March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology

Rudolf Jaenisch is a member of the Order Pour le Mérite , an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Jaenisch - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Rudolf Jaenisch at MIT
Rudolf Jaenisch at the Whitehead Institute
Rudolf Jaenisch in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Individual evidence

↑ Genetics Laureates at gruberprizes.org; Retrieved June 15, 2011.
↑ Prof. Rudolf Jaenisch receives Max Delbrück Medal , in: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft from November 30, 2006, accessed on October 5, 2010.
↑ Massry_Prize / Past_Laureates .
↑ Medal awards on the Day of German Unity ( Memento from December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), press release from the Office of the Federal President, accessed on October 3, 2010.

personal data
SURNAME	Jaenisch, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German molecular biologist and geneticist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wolfelsgrund , Habelschwerdt district , Lower Silesia

[1] Genetics Laureates at gruberprizes.org; Retrieved June 15, 2011.

[2] Prof. Rudolf Jaenisch receives Max Delbrück Medal , in: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft from November 30, 2006, accessed on October 5, 2010.

[3] Massry_Prize / Past_Laureates .

[4] Medal awards on the Day of German Unity ( Memento from December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), press release from the Office of the Federal President, accessed on October 3, 2010.