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Really sorry. He was a nice person, and a regular, active ppresence at
the AUC meetings. We will miss him.<br><br>
Mattia<br><br>
At 09:35 PM 4/14/2011 +0200, HGSR (Holger Martin Strauss) wrote:<br>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>Dear all,<br>
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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
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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.<br>
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Born on the
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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
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of april 2011.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Helmut Cölfen and Holger Strauss<br>
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