Stefan Jentsch
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Stefan Jentsch(29 May 1955 – 29 October 2016) was a Germancell biologist.He was a director at theMax Planck Institute of Biochemistryin Martinsried, Germany. He is known for his pioneering work in the field of protein modifications by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers.
Life[edit]
Jentsch was born inBerlinand studiedbiologyat theFree University of Berlin,where he also obtained hisDiplomin 1979. He then completed his Ph.D. at theMax Planck Institute for Molecular Geneticsin Berlin in 1983.
After his Ph.D., he joined the laboratory ofAlexander Varshavskyat theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.In 1988 he returned to Germany, becoming a junior group leader at theFriedrich MiescherLaboratory of theMax Planck SocietyinTübingenin 1988 and then professor at the Center of Molecular Biology (ZMBH),University of Heidelbergin 1993. From 1998 until his death he was a director of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, theMax Planck Institute of Biochemistryin Martinsried. Jentsch died inMunichon 29 October 2016.[1][2]
Prizes and awards[edit]
- 1992Otto Klung Prize for Chemistry
- 1993Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 1996Otto Bayer Award
- 2003 Max-Planck Research Award
- 2006 Honorary Professorship ofFudan University
- 2011Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
- 2017Otto Warburg Medal
External links[edit]
- Literature by and about Stefan Jentschin theGerman National Librarycatalogue
- Website of Stefan Jentsch at the MPI for Biochemistry
References[edit]
- ^Stefan Jentsch passed away – Obituary of the MPI of Biochemistry
- ^Sommer, Thomas; Hoppe, Thorsten; Rape, Michael (2016)."Stefan Jentsch (1955–2016)".Cell.167(7): 1667–1668.doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.11.057.
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