[RASMB] Joachim Behlke

[Mattia Rocco]

Really sorry. He was a nice person, and a regular, active ppresence at the 
AUC meetings. We will miss him.

Mattia

At 09:35 PM 4/14/2011 +0200, HGSR (Holger Martin Strauss) wrote:
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>Dear all,
>
>it is with great sorrow that we have learned of the death of our esteemed 
>colleague, Joachim Behlke, ending a scientific career that has been 
>connected to the analytical ultracentrifuge for more than 40 years. 
>Joachim has written or contributed to over 160 publications, covering, 
>amongst others, protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions, 
>crystallisation theory, thermodynamic non-ideality as well as theoretical 
>aspects of data analysis, where he applied statistical thermodynamics to 
>sedimentation equilibrium data and developed analytical, approximate 
>solutions to the Lamm-equation. He was the organiser of the 9th 
>international AUC-symposium in Berlin/Buch and a regular attendee of these 
>meetings, ever since the fall of the wall. In recognition of his 
>achievements, Joachim has been awarded the Svedberg-medal at the 
>AUC-conference in Uppsalla in 2009. One could discuss essentially any 
>AUC-topic with Joachim, only to find out that he had already worked on it 
>10, 20 or more years ago, testimony to the width and breadth of his 
>scientific thinking.
>
>Born on the 19th of October 1934 in Biesental, close to Berlin, he studied 
>chemistry in Greifswald between 1954-1960 where he also obtained his 
>PhD-degree in 1964. He then joined the Zentralinstitut für 
>Molekularbiologie in Berlin/Buch in 1971, one of the most prestigious and 
>internationally respected research institutions of the former GDR. After 
>the fall of the wall, Joachim continued his career at the 
>Humboldt-University of Berlin and the Max-Delbrück-Centre (MDC) in 
>Berlin/Buch. He went on to work there after his emeritation in 1999 and 
>has advised students and co-operators until shortly before his death on 
>the 5th of april 2011.
>
>As a collegue, I always enjoyed to discuss even the most hidden details of 
>a sedimentation data analysis over a coffee or beer with Joachim. We will 
>miss you and your insights.
>
>Being a young graduate student eager to learn the details of AUC from 
>Joachim, instead of being taken by the hand and lead the easy way, I was 
>confronted with his statement that you know, every protein is different . 
>Words of wisdom, indeed.
>
>Helmut Cölfen and Holger Strauss
>
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