Julius Adler (biochemist)

Julius Adler ( born April 30, 1930 in Edelfingen ) is an American biochemist.

Adler came up with eight years in the United States, where his family owned in Grand Forks, North Dakota, relatives. In 1943 he became a U.S. citizen. He studied biochemistry at Harvard University (Bachelor 1952) and at the University of Wisconsin- Madison with a Master 's degree in 1954 and his doctorate in biochemistry at Henry A. Lardy 1957. As a post-doctoral researcher from 1957 to 1959 he was with Arthur Kornberg at Washington University School of Medicine and 1959/60 with A. Dale Kaiser at Stanford University School of Medicine. In 1960 he became an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1963 Associate Professor and Professor in 1966. From 1972, he was there Edwin Bret Hart Professor, and 1982 to 1995, he was there Steenbock Professor of Microbiological Sciences. Since 1997 he is a professor emeritus.

Adler examined the chemotaxis of bacteria, which he studied at the model of E. coli. He discovered a class of proteins that play a role: the MCP ( methyl accepting chemotaxis protein). Depending on the concentration of the bacteria attractive or repulsive substances changes the methylation of the MCP. MCP regulate chemotaxis over control of flagellates (concentration -dependent distribution of the sense of direction of rotation). Later he studied the reaction mechanisms of the Drosophila fly on attracting or repelling chemicals.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1978), the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1986, he received the Otto Warburg Medal, 1996 William C. Rose Award from the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Selman A. Waksman 1980 Microbiology Award from the National Academy of Sciences and in 1988 the KH Wright Award from Simon Fraser University. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Tübingen (1987) and the University of Regensburg (1995).

Since 1963, he is married to Hildegard well and has two children.

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