Günther Schütz#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1143 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/izn/researchgroups/schuetz |
Günther Schütz passed away May 28, 2020.
Positions Held
- 2008 Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at the University of Heidelberg
- 1980 - 2008 Head of the Division "Molecular Biology of the Cell I", German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, and Full Professor, Faculty of Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 1975 - 1980 Head of Independent Res. Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
- 1979 Habilitation for Physiological Chemistry, Free University, Berlin, Germany
- 1974 - 1975 Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New York, USA
- 1969 - 1974 Postdoctoral fellow and research associate, Institute of Cancer Research and Department of Biochemistry, Columbia University, New York
- 1967 - 1969 Internship at the Free University, Berlin, Germany
- 1967 M.D., University of Marburg, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular biology
- Regulation of gene expression by nuclear receptors
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 1997 Medal of the European Society of Endocrinology
- 1998 Max Planck Research Award for International Cooperation
- 2000 Appointment as Member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists, LEOPOLDINA, in Halle/Saale, Germany
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the American Association for Cancer Research
