Stefan H. E. Kaufmann

Stefan Ernst Hugo Kaufmann ( born June 8, 1948 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German biologist.

Life

Kaufmann in 1977 received his doctorate at the University of Mainz and qualified in 1981 for the compartments Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Berlin. In Mainz he was a pupil of Paul Small immunologists.

From 1987 to 1991 he was Professor (C3 ) for Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Ulm and from 1991 to 1998 Professor ( C4) at the Department of Immunology at the same university. He is since 1993 director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, where he was one of the founding directors. He is also since 1998, professor of microbiology and immunology at the Charité in Berlin.

Kaufmann is a collector of medical - historical works.

Work

Kaufmann has published more than 600 scientific papers and review articles and is the world according to the Institute for Scientific Information one of the most cited immunologists.

His current research interests focus on deciphering the cell-mediated immune response against intracellular bacteria, the development and testing of a new and improved vaccine against tuberculosis, as well as biomarkers for the reliable diagnosis of progress and outcome of the disease. A he developed tuberculosis vaccine is currently in Phase II clinical testing. He continues to work hard for a better understanding of immunology and infectious diseases among the public ( EFIS - Day of Immunology ).

2010-2013 was a merchant alternating advisory board member of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization ( GAVI). Since 2014 he is a member of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership ( EDCTP). Kaufmann is a member of the Executive Board and the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Robert Koch Foundation, the Robert Koch the price and the Robert Koch Gold Medal awarded annually.

Honors and Awards

For his scientific work on the Infectious Immunology of the bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Mycobacterium tuberculosis he has received several awards, among others, in 1987 with the Alfried Krupp Prize for Young University Teachers, 1988 with the Aronson Prize of Berlin, in 1991 with the SmithKline Beecham Science Prize, 1991 with the Merckle research Prize, 1992 with the Robert Pfleger research Award, 1992 with the Pettenkofer prize, in 1993 with the main prize of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology ( VAH ). In 2007 he received the Doctor Honoris Causa of the Université de la Méditerranée Aix -Marseille II, France.

Since 1998 he is a member of the Berlin- Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, since 2000 member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle, since 1996 member of the American Academy of Microbiology and since 2012 a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization ( EMBO). He is also a member of several other scientific societies, Past President and Honorary Member of the German Society of Immunology, Former President of the European Federation of Immunological Societies ( EFIS ) and a former President of the International Union of Immunological Societies ( IUIs ).

Writings (selection )

  • The battle between man and microbe audio CDs. supposé Cologne ( 2006), ISBN 978-3-932513-69-5.
  • Grows the risk of disease? Global epidemics and poverty. Strategies for disease control in a networked world. With the collaboration of Susan Harmful. Edited by Klaus Wiegandt. [ Forum of responsibility ]. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-596-17664-9.
  • Epidemics: Knowing what is right. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2010, ISBN 978-3-451-06102-8.
  • Tuberculosis - example of partnerships, Worldh Health Summit, German Medical Journal, Vol 106, Issue 42 (2009)
  • The New Plagues: Pandemics and Poverty in a Globalized World, ISBN 978-1-906598-13-6, The Sustainability Project, Haus Publishing, London ( 2009)
  • Handbook of Tuberculosis, 3 Volume Set, Stefan HE Kaufmann ( Editor ), Paul van Helden ( Editor ), Eric Rubin ( Editor ), Warwick J. Britton ( editor), ISBN 978-3-527-31683-0
  • AIDS and Tuberculosis, A Deadly Liaison, Infection Biology Series, Kaufmann, Stefan HE / Walker, Bruce D. (Ed.), ISBN 978-3-527-32270-1 - Wiley -VCH, Weinheim
  • The Immune Response to Infection, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Barry T. Rouse, David L. Sacks ( Editor ), ISBN 1-55581-514-6, ASM Press 2011
  • Bio- signature of tuberculosis, Management & Hospital, No. 6, pp. 27 ( www.management-krankenhaus.de/topstories/labor-diagnostik/bio-signatur-der-tuberkulose )
  • When microbes are bad, Cicero magazine, July 2011, pp 42-43 ( www.cicero.de/salon/wenn-mikroben-böse-werden/42323 )
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