Hans Konrad Biesalski

Hans Konrad Biesalski ( born April 14, 1949 in Marburg ) is a German nutrition expert and Professor of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition at the University of Hohenheim.

Life

Hans Konrad Biesalski studied medicine at the Universities of Mainz and Bonn. In 1979 he was certified as a doctor. 1979-1982 Biesalski was an assistant at the Physiological Institute of the University of Mainz in the Department of Biophysics. In 1981 he received his doctorate and his habilitation in 1986. 1984-93 he worked at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry at the University of Mainz, 1992 as a nutritionist ( German Academy of Nutritional Medicine, DAEM ). In 1993 he received an appointment to the chair Biological Chemistry and Nutrition at the University of Hohenheim; the institution he heads today. He is Managing Director of the Food Security Center at the University. 2007 he was appointed as a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin.

Work

Biesalski made ​​work on the importance of vitamin A for the development and function of the inner ear and lung function (maturation and Mucosabarriere ). In particular, the initial characterization of storage reserves of vitamin A ( retinyl esters ) in organs and tissues outside the liver were new knowledge for the study of vitamin A metabolism. In 1995 he succeeded to prove that besides the classical distribution route of the vitamin by the liver as retinol (vitamin A1) bound to a retinol -binding protein ( RBP), an alternative, previously known only from carnivores pathway via circulating retinyl esters exist: A sibling pair with a mutation of the gene for RBP and therefore not measurable Retinolblutspiegeln showed, apart from minor skin lesions and of night blindness, no visible abnormalities that would be typical of a vitamin a deficiency. Indeed, the two young girls had the distribution path of carnivores. Later Biesalski dealt with issues of detection and treatment of hidden hunger ( micronutrient deficiency) and food security and issues of micronutrient deficiencies and their treatment ( especially vitamin C) in ICU patients. Another experimental field is the Nutritargeting first described in detail by him, which is the development of pharmaceutical formulations, which allow a specific organ supply with nutrients.

Focus of recent scientific work Biesalski include Investigations of retinoid metabolism and studies on the importance of vitamins for the health of the people. He leads or is involved in research projects of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF ) on world hunger and food quality. Biesalski is editor of fourteen books and has published 280 works. In 2013 he published the book The hidden hunger.

Awards

Memberships

  • Member of the Expert Group of the Global Food Security Board ( WHO / FAO)
  • Commission spokesman diet and cancer of the German Society for Haematology Oncology
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the U.S. Pharmacopeia.
  • Editor Nutrition and Metabolism in Oncology; European Editor: Nutrition, Nutrition and Metabolism.

Publications ( books)

  • Hans Konrad Biesalski The Hidden Hunger: be saturated is not enough 1st edition, 2013, London / New York: Springer
  • Hans Konrad Biesalski and Peter Grimm Pocket Atlas Nutrition 5th edition, 2011. Stuttgart, Thieme
  • Stephan C. Bischoff, Karoline Köchling and Hans K. Biesalski Dustri success concept nutrition team in different medical facilities 1st Edition 2011, Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers
  • Hans K. Biesalski, Stephan C. Bischoff, Christoph Puchstein (ed.) Nutritional Medicine: After the Curriculum Nutritional Medicine of the German Medical Association and the DGE 4th Edition 2010 (1995 ), Thieme Stuttgart
  • Wolfgang Hartig, Hans Konrad Biesalski, Wilfried Druml, Peter Fürst, Arved Weimann nutrition and infusion therapy: standards for hospitals, intensive care and ambulance 8th edition 2003, Stuttgart: Thieme
  • Hans K. Biesalski, Josef Köhrle, Klaus Schumann vitamins, trace elements and minerals. Prevention and treatment of micronutrients 1st Edition 2002, Stuttgart: Thieme
  • Hans K Biesalski, Karin Hofele, Gudrun Zurich healthy and mindful eating in cancer. How to use preservatives and strengthen your immune system. Eat with appetite and delight. 28 delicious recipes from the wholefood cuisine. 1st edition 1998, Stuttgart: TRIAS
  • Hans K. Biesalksi vitamins, building blocks of life 1st edition 1997, Munich: CH Beck
  • Hans- Konrad Biesalski food that harms, food that heals: [ the indispensable guide from A - Z] first edition 1997, Stuttgart / Zurich / Vienna: The Best
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