Hans Zachau#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 363 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Hans Zachau passed away December 17, 2017.
Positions Held
- 1999 Professor emeritus of Molecular Biology, Adolf-Butenandt-Institute, University München
- 1995/98 Renaming of the Institute (Adolf-Butenandt-Institut) and the Chair (Molecular Biology)
- since 1967 Professor of Physiological Chemistry in München and Codirector of the Institute for Physiological Chemistry
- 1965/66 Offers of professorships for Physiological Chemistry in Berlin, Genetics in Köln and Physiological Chemistry in München
- 1962 Habilitation in Physiological Chemistry
- 1961 - 1966 Institut fuer Genetik in Köln, founded by M.Delbrück in 1961; group leader
- 1958 - 1961 MPI fuer Biochemie , then in München; start of independent research work
Fields of Scholarship
- tRNA structure and interactions, protein biosynthesis
- Repetitive DNA
- Chromatin
- Immunoglobulin genes
Honours and Awards
- 1952 Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- 1954 Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte
- 1954 Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie
- 1964 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), member since its foundation
- 1967 Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
- 1968 Richard Kuhn-Medaille of Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- 1976 Bayerische Akademie der Wisenschaften
- 1978 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 1981 Orden Pour le mérite, chancellor 1992 - 2005
- 1983 Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern
- 1985 Corresponding member, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- 1989 Academia Europaea
- 1989 The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)
- 1989 Bayerischer Verdienstorden
- 1989 Otto-Warburg-Medaille of Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie
- 1991 Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst
- 1994 - 2000 Fogarty Scholar-in-Residence at the NIH
- 1994 Russian Academy of Sciences: Foreign Member
