Joachim Seelig

Joachim Heinrich Seelig (born 29 March 1942 in Cologne)[1] is a German physical chemist and specialist in NMR Spectroscopy. He is one of the founding fathers of the Biozentrum of the University of Basel.[2] He reached emeritus status in 2012.[3]

Joachim Seelig
Joachim Seelig (2012)
Born (1942-03-29) 29 March 1942
Cologne
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Cologne, Biozentrum University of Basel

Life

Joachim Seelig studied chemistry and physics from 1961 till 1966 at the University of Cologne. In 1968 he graduated with a doctorate under the guidance of Manfred Eigen at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen. As a postdoc he conducted research on electron spin resonance at Stanford University in 1968/69. In 1970 he moved as a postdoc to the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Basel where he became a group leader and assistant professor in 1972. He became full professor in 1974 and in 1982 Professor of Structural Biology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel.[4]

Work

Joachim Seelig developed biophysical methods for studying the structure and thermodynamic properties of biological cell membranes.[5] He investigated the interactions of proteins and lipids by EPR-spectroscopy, deuterium and phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance, neutron diffraction and calorimetric methods.[6] The quantitative characterization of the biological membrane became the international standard for further theoretical studies. His second field of research was magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the human and animals.[7] With C-13 NMR the metabolism in the human and animal brain could be traced in a non-invasive manner. With faster MRI imaging techniques the tonotopy of the human brain has been described.

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae Joachim Seelig". ae-info.org. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. "Die Entstehung und Funktion des Biozentrums" (PDF). unigeschichte.unibas.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  3. "Prof. Dr. Joachim Seelig, Emeritus". biozentrum.unibas.ch. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  4. "Official website". Biozentrum.unibas.ch. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  5. "Lipid conformation in model membranes and biological membranes" (PDF). rero.ch. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  6. Seelig, Joachim; Tamm, Lukas; Hymel, Lin; Fleischer, Sidney (1981). "Deuterium and phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance and fluorescence depolarization studies of functional reconstituted sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane vesicles". Biochemistry. acs.org. 20 (13): 3922–3932. doi:10.1021/bi00516a040. PMID 7272285. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  7. Seelig, Joachim (1986). "NMR imaging and spectroscopy in vivo". Fresenius' Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie. springer.com. 324 (8): 767–770. doi:10.1007/BF00473170. S2CID 101538266. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  8. Cloëtta-Prize Archived 2013-09-24 at the Wayback Machine cloetta-stiftung.ch. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  9. "Bijvoet Medal". Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  10. Heinrich Wieland Laureates Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine heinrich-wieland-preis.de Retrieved 2013-11-19
  11. Award "Applied Physical Chemistry" 2000 eurostar-science.org. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  12. "J.H. Seelig". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  13. Avanti Award in Lipids Winner Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine biophysics.org. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
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