Werner Franke
Werner Franke | |
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Died | 14 November 2022 | (aged 82)
Education | Heidelberg University (PhD) |
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Known for | Cytoskeleton, doping in sport |
Spouse | Brigitte Berendonk |
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Werner Wilhelm Franke (31 January 1940 – 14 November 2022) was a German biologist and a professor of cell and molecular biology at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. He was an anti-doping pioneer in Germany.
Life
Franke was born in
Franke died on 14 November 2022 from an intracerebral hemorrhage, at age 82.[5][4]
Drug abuse in sports
Franke is considered to have been a leading expert in performance-enhancing drugs and one of the most ardent critics of drug abuse in sports. Together with his wife,
Franke defended
During an interview on 3 August 2006 with German regional television channel rheinmaintv , Franke claimed that cyclist Jan Ullrich purchased about €35,000 worth of doping products a year from Eufemiano Fuentes based on documents uncovered in the Operación Puerto doping case.[10][11] A German court imposed a gag order on Franke after it found there was not enough evidence to link Ullrich to doping.[12] However, that case returned to court with DNA analysis linking Ullrich to nine bags of blood seized in the Puerto case,[13][14][15] and eventually after four years, Franke won the case.[5]
Awards
- 1981 Meyenburg Prize[1]
- 1984 Ernst Jung Prize[1]
- 2004 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[16]
Memberships
- 1977 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)[1]
- 1986 Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities[17]
- 1988 Honorary Member of the American Association for Anatomy[1]
- 1989 Academia Europaea[1]
Works
Cell biology
Franke is author and co-author of c. 660 original articles in the field of cell and molecular biology.
- Moll, Roland; Franke, Werner W.; Schiller, Dorothea L.; Geiger, Benjamin; Krepler, Reinhard (1982). "The catalog of human cytokeratins: Patterns of expression in normal epithelia, tumors and cultured cells". Cell. 31 (1). Elsevier BV: 11–24. S2CID 33701361.
- Wiedenmann, Bertram; Franke, Werner W. (1985). "Identification and localization of synaptophysin, an integral membrane glycoprotein of Mr 38,000 characteristic of presynaptic vesicles". Cell. 41 (3). Elsevier BV: 1017–1028. S2CID 27796276.
- Franke, W W; Schmid, E; Osborn, M; Weber, K (1978). "Different intermediate-sized filaments distinguished by immunofluorescence microscopy". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 75 (10): 5034–5038. PMID 368806.
Doping
- Franke, Werner; Ludwig, Udo (2007). Der verratene Sport : Die Machenschaften der Doping-Mafia ; Täter, Opfer und was wir ändern müssen (in German). [München]. )
- OCLC 231377968.
- Franke, Werner; Berendonk, Brigitte (1997). "Hormonal doping and androgenization of athletes: a secret program of the German Democratic Republic government". Clinical Chemistry. 43 (7): 1262–1279. PMID 9216474.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j CV Franke, Academia Europaea, December 2012.
- FAZ.NET(in German). 16 September 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Werner Franke – Zellbiologe und Aufklärer, profile at BioPro. German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 2007.
- ^ a b "Anti-Doping-Kämpfer Werner Franke gestorben". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Süddeutsche.de(in German). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Allgemein – Trauer um Doping-Experten Werner Franke". www.ran.de (in German). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Rückendeckung: "Anti-Doping-Papst" wittert Unrecht im Fall Hondo". RP ONLINE (in German). 4 November 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Markus (15 November 2011). "Dopingfahnder Franke kämpft für gesperrten Hondo". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "German doping expert defends Hondo". 5 November 2005. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- ^ "Ullrich 'spent 35,000 euros' in a year on drugs claims expert". 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- ^ Hövel, Jörg Auf dem (2 November 2007). "Jan Ullrich gegen den Dopingexperten Werner Franke". Telepolis (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "RAD: Franke unterliegt Ullrich vor Gericht". Die Welt (in German). 15 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ ""Muss ein Vampir gewesen sein"". stern.de (in German). 3 April 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Radsport: Ullrich droht neues Verfahren". Der Spiegel (in German). 14 August 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Radsport: Ullrich verliert Klage gegen Dopingjäger". Der Spiegel (in German). 13 August 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Dopingaufklärer Werner Franke ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Unsere Mitglieder". Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Werner Franke publications indexed by Google Scholar
Further reading
- Westemeyer, Susan (31 July 2007). "Franke claims Contador involved in Puerto cover-up". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- "Werner Franke Turns Seventy". German Cancer Research Center. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- Unsicker, Klaus (29 January 2015). "Werner W. Franke: Congratulations on the occasion of his seventy fifth birthday". Cell and Tissue Research. 359 (2). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 391–392. S2CID 37312179.
- Unsicker, Klaus (23 December 2019). "Werner W. Franke: Congratulations on the occasion of his eightieth birthday". Cell and Tissue Research. 379 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 1–2. S2CID 209441225.
External links
- Werner Franke – Member profile at The American Society for Cell Biology