Sabine von Kleist

Sabine von Kleist (born December 2, 1933 in Berlin ) is a German doctor and former professor for immunobiology at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg .

Life

Born in Berlin in 1933, Sabine von Kleist (née Stadie) began studying medicine in Chicago after graduating from the Schiller School in Frankfurt am Main in 1955, which she continued from 1956 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main until she 1962 passed her medical state examination there.

As part of his doctorate in 1964 as Dr. med. she completed a postgraduate course from 1963 to 1964 at the immunochemical laboratory in Villejuif, France, where she was appointed scientific assistant in 1964. During her further work in Paris until 1977, she obtained her doctorate in 1970. it. sc. at the Sorbonne . During her work in Paris, Sabine von Kleist made the discovery, simultaneously with and independently of a Canadian working group, that certain tumors - especially colon carcinomas - release a protein into the blood that is not produced by normal tissue. Because this protein can also be produced by embryonic tissue, the term carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) has become established.

In 1978, Sabine von Kleist was appointed to the chair of immunobiology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, which she held until 1999. From 1986 to 2000 she was Deputy President of the German Cancer Aid , from 1981 to 1983 Vice Rector of the University of Freiburg and from 1987 to 1989 Vice Dean and Dean of the University's Medical Faculty.

Publications (selection)

• Etude d'un antigène specifique de tumeurs coliques humaines d'origine embryonnaire . Thèse d'université: Sciences naturelles. Biochemistry: Paris 6: 1970
• The carcinoembryonic antigen. Stuttgart: Schattauer, 1983

Awards (selection)

• In 1993 Mrs. von Kleist received the Paracelsus Medal of the German medical profession.

Web links

• Laudation for the award of the Paracelsus Medal to Sabine von Kleist (PDF)
• Who's Who: Sabine von Kleist