Wolfgang Engel (doctor)

Wolfgang Engel (born November 18, 1940 in Ludwigshafen ; † December 7, 2015 in Lenglern ) was a German doctor and university professor. From 1977 to 2014 he headed the Institute for Human Genetics at the Medical Faculty of the University of Göttingen.

Life

Engel studied human medicine at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , where he received his doctorate in 1967. At first he worked as an assistant doctor in the Schorndorf Hospital and in 1968 switched to the Institute for Human Genetics and Anthropology at the University of Freiburg as a research assistant. After completing his habilitation in 1974, he moved to the Institute for Human Genetics at the Georg-August University in Göttingen in 1977 . At times he was also the dean of the Medical Faculty in Göttingen. Among other things, Engel became known for his research results in the field of pluripotent stem cells.

Honors

1979 Hans Nachtsheim Prize of the Society for Anthropology and Human Genetics
1988 Eduard Grosse Senior Prize from the German Dermatological Society
1990 Honorary membership of the Society for Medical Genetics of Czechoslovakia
1993 research award from the Werner G. Gehring Foundation
2008 Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Mongolia
2015 GfH Medal of Honor from the German Society for Human Genetics

Publications

with X. Xu, K. Pantakani, S. Lührig, X. Tan, T. Khromov, J. Nolte, R. Dressel and U. Zechner: Stage-specific germ-cell marker genes are expressed in all mouse pluripotent cell types and emerge early during induced pluripotency. In: PLoS ONE. 6 (7), 2011, p. E22413. doi: 10.1371 / journalpone.0022413
with T. Glaser, T. Opitz, T. Kischlat, R. Konang, P. Sasse, BK Fleischmann, K. Nayernia and O. Brüstle: Adult germ line stem cells as a source of functional neurons and glia. In: Stem Cells. 26, 2008, pp. 2434-2443.
with A. Zovoilis, J. Nolte, N. Drusenheimer, U. Zechner, H. Hada, K. Guan, G. Hasenfuß and K. Nayernia: Multipotent adult germline stem cells and embryonic stem cells have similar microRNA profiles. In: Molecular Human Reproduction. 14, 2008, pp. 521-529.
with K. Guan, S. Wagner, B. Unsöld, LS Maier, D. Kaiser, B. Hemmerlein, K. Nayernia and G. Hasenfuss: Generation of functional cardiomyocytes from adult mouse spermatogonial stem cells. In: Circulation Research. 100, 2007, pp. 1615-1625.
with K. Nayernia, J. Nolte, HW Michelmann, JH Lee, K. Rathsack, N. Drusenheimer, A. Dev, G. Wulf, IE Ehrmann, DJ Elliott, V. Okpanyi, U. Zechner, T. Haaf and A Meinhardt: In vitro-differentiated embryonic stem cells give rise to male gametes that can generate offspring mice. In: Developmental Cell. 11, 2006, pp. 125-132.
with K. Guan, K. Nayernia, LS Maier, S. Wagner, R. Dressel, JH Lee, J. Nolte, F. Wolf, M. Li and G. Hasenfuß: Pluripotency of spermatogonial stem cells from adult mouse testis. In: Nature. 440, 2006, pp. 1199-1203.

Individual evidence

↑ Wolfgang Engel: Obituary notice: Göttinger Tageblatt. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h University Medicine Göttingen - press release. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
↑ Georg-August University of Göttingen - Engel, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. - Human genetics (Uni-Med). Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Wolfgang Engel †: Mourning for an important human geneticist. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
↑ Head of the Institute for Human Genetics - University of Göttingen until 2014: geneticist and cancer researcher Prof. Engel died / Göttingen / Campus - Goettinger-Tageblatt.de. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Engel, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German doctor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ludwigshafen am Rhein , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH	December 7, 2015
Place of death	Lenglern , Lower Saxony , Germany

[Traueranzeige-1] Wolfgang Engel: Obituary notice: Göttinger Tageblatt. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .

[Nachruf_Med-Göt-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h University Medicine Göttingen - press release. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .

[GAU-Bio-3] Georg-August University of Göttingen - Engel, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. - Human genetics (Uni-Med). Retrieved February 1, 2016 .

[DÄ4-2016-4] Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Wolfgang Engel †: Mourning for an important human geneticist. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .

[GT-5] Head of the Institute for Human Genetics - University of Göttingen until 2014: geneticist and cancer researcher Prof. Engel died / Göttingen / Campus - Goettinger-Tageblatt.de. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .