Rudolf Jaenisch
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).
plant
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
- 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.
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SURNAME | Jaenisch, Rudolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German molecular biologist and geneticist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfelsgrund , Habelschwerdt district , Lower Silesia |