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Professor Robert Huber
Born: February 20, 1937 in München
Grammar school and humanistisches Gymnasium in München
Professional education and positions:
-Diploma in Chemistry, Technische Universität München, (1960);
-Dr. rer. nat., Technische Universität München, (1963);
-Habilitation, Technische Universität München, (1968);
-Scientific Member of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, (1972-2005);
-Director Emeritus (2005);
-Apl. Professor, Technische Universität München, (1976);
-Visiting Professor Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2001);
-Gastprofessor Universität Duisburg-Essen (2005);
-Visiting Professor Cardiff University (2007);
-Editor: Journal of Molecular Biology.
Societies:
Member of the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft;
Member of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie;
Honorary Member of the American Society of Biological Chemists;
Honorary Member of the Swedish Society for Biophysics;
Member of EMBO;
Honorary Member of the Japanese Biochemical Society;
Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften;
Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina;
Member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities;
Corresponding Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts;
Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome;
Member of the 'Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste';
Associate Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, Triest;
Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA;
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology;
Fellow of the Royal Society, London;
Honorary Member of the Sociedad Espanola de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular.
Honors:
E.K.-Frey Medal, Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, (1972);
Otto-Warburg Medal, Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie, (1977);
Emil von Behring Medal, Universität Marburg, (1982);
Keilin Medal, Biochemical Society, London, (1987);
Richard-Kuhn Medal, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker,(1987);
Dr. h.c. Université Catholique de Louvain, (1987);
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, (1988);
E.K.Frey - E. Werle Gedächtnismedaille, (1989);
Dr. h.c. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (1989);
Kone Award, Association of Clinical Biochemists, United Kingdom, (1990);
Dr. h.c. for Medicine and Surgery, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, (1991);
Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellowship (1991);
Sir Hans Krebs Medal, Federation of European Biochemical Societies, (1992);
Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1993);
The Linus Pauling Medal (1993/94);
Miami Winter Symposia, The Distinguished Service Award (1995);
Max Tishler Prize, Harvard University, USA (1997);
Max-Bergmann-Medaille des Max-Bergmann-Kreises zur Förderung der peptidchemischen Forschung, (1997);
Das Grosse Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, (1997);
Dr. h.c. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (2000);
Dr. h.c. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spanien (2000);
Honorary Professor, Ocean University, Qingdao, China (2002);
Dr. h.c. Tsinghua University, Peking, (2003);
Honorary Professor, Peking University, Peking (2003);
Honorary Professor, Sichuan University, Chengdu (2003);
Honorary Professor, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai (2004);
Röntgenplakette der Stadt Remscheid-Lennep, (2004);
Premio Città di Firenze sulle Scienze Molecolari, Florenz (2004);
Honorary Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (2005);
‘Lotte Distinguished Professorship’, Seoul National University, Korea (2005);
Profesor Honorario de la Universidad de Sevilla (2006);
Dr. h.c. Nagoya University, Japan (2008);
Distinguished Research Chair Professor, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2009);
Erice Prize- Premio Ettore Majorana, (2009);
Honorary Professor, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China (2009);
Honorary Director of the Nobel Life Science Research Center, Foshan, China (2009).
Professional interests:
Structure and function of biological macromolecules, in particular those of large complex aggregates.
Systems studied:
Proteases and their natural and synthetic inhibitors;
metalloenzymes (iron, nickel, molybdenum, copper);
proteins of the immune system (antibodies and antibody receptors);
protein hormones and their receptors; protein kinases;
proteins of amino acid biosynthesis (PLP containing enzymes);
proteins of cofactor and vitamin biosynthesis; proteins of energy and electron transport.
Methods development:
Patterson methods in crystallography;
methods of structure determination of proteins and protein ligand complexes by NMR;
synthesis and use of electron rich metal clusters;
crystal annealing and improvement, methods and instruments;
analysis and evaluation of targets for research and application in pharmacology and crop science.
Co-founder and advisor of two Biotech Companies, Proteros (since 1997) and SuppreMol (since 2005).
Scientific advisor of International Pharma and Crop Science Companies.
The list of publications can be found in the Web : http://www.biochem.mpg.de/xray/
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