Prof. Robert
Huber will be sharing his research experience and will provide insights in the
field of Materials Science & Bio-materials at 9th World
Congress on Materials Science and Engineering.
About Robert Huber
How light becomes life: Robert
Huber helped to decipher the process of photosynthesis – and was honoured with
the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
his efforts. During the 1980s scientists at the Max Planck Institute of
Biochemistry in Martinsried, Bavaria, achieved a pioneering breakthrough: a
team working with Robert Huber made a decisive contribution to gaining an
understanding of photosynthesis, the process that enables plants to feed
themselves and at the same time produce oxygen.
Outstanding reputation
During the 1970s Robert Huber
built up a department in Martinsried that specialised in the X-ray structure
analysis of proteins. The department’s outstanding reputation also attracted
the young biochemist Hartmut Michel, who moved from the University of Würzburg
to Martinsried in 1979. When Michel was able to crystallise a membrane protein
complex for the first time, the expertise of Huber’s department became
extremely important. This was because as a crystal the
membrane protein complex could be subjected to detailed X-ray examination,
which finally made it possible to gain an understanding of its role as a
reaction centre in photosynthesis.
Extraordinary breakthrough
In 1985 Robert Huber, Hartmut
Michel and Huber’s long-term colleague Johann Deisenhofer finally succeeded in
determining the three-dimensional structure of one of these reaction centres
for the first time. It therefore became possible to understand the
photosynthetic light reaction as well as numerous ways in which proteins
function. Today Huber is also contributing his knowledge to two biotechnology firms
that, among other things, are committed to research into active ingredients for
new medicines and the struggle against diseases like multiple sclerosis. At the
same time, the scientist has remained true to his institute in Martinsried: the
professor emeritus is head of the Structure Research group at the Max Planck
Institute of Biochemistry, one of the largest institutes of the internationally
renowned Max Planck Society.
Biography
20 February 1937: born in
Munich
1956 to 1963: studied
chemistry at the Technische Universität München (TUM)
1963 to 1972: research and
teaching at TUM (1968: habilitation; from 1976: adjunct professor; since 2013:
emeritus of excellence)
1972 to 2005: director of the
Structure Research department at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried
near Munich
Since 2005: director emeritus
and head of the research group on Structure Research at the Max Planck
Institute of Biochemistry
Source: Research in
Germany
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