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Ewald Weibel

December 18, 2023

Ewald Rudolf Weibel HonFRMS (5 March 1929 – 19 February 2019) was a Swiss anatomist and physiologist and former director of the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Bern. He was one of the first scientists to describe the endothelial organelles Weibel–Palade bodies, which are named after him and his Romanian-American colleague George Emil Palade.[1] He was known for his work on the anatomy of gas exchange in lungs on multiple spatial scales using stereology.[2][3]

Ewald Rudolf Weibel
Born(1929-03-05)March 5, 1929
Buchs, Aargau, Switzerland
DiedFebruary 19, 2019(2019-02-19) (aged 89)
Bern, Switzerland
EducationUniversity of Zurich
Known forWeibel–Palade body
Stereology
Scientific career
InstitutionsColumbia University
Rockefeller Institute
University of Bern
Academic advisorsAndré Frédéric Cournand
Averill A. Liebow

Education and career edit

Weibel was born in Buchs in the Aargau canton of Switzerland. After studying medicine at the University of Zurich (state examination 1955, Dr. med. 1956), he spent several years studying in the USA at Yale University in New Haven, as well as at Columbia University and the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller University) in New York, most recently as a career Investigator for the Health Research Council of the City of New York. In 1963 he returned to the Anatomical Institute of the University of Zurich as an assistant professor and in 1966 he was appointed full professor and director of the Anatomical Institute at the University of Bern until his retirement in 1994. He was Rector of the University of Bern from 1984 to 1985. From 1979 until 1996 he was Visiting Agassiz Professor and Associate in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. After his retirement, he was Vice President and Secretary of the Maurice E. Müller Foundation for Orthopedic Surgery until 2000. He was founding president of the Union of Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology (1969-1972), President of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (1996-2000) and President of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (1997-2001).[4]

His scientific work covered four main areas: the morphometry of the human lung as the structural basis of the gas exchange function; the development of morphometric and stereological methods; the application of these methods in cell biology to measure the membrane system of the liver cell and the mitochondria in the muscles; integrative studies in comparative physiology, particularly on the question of the optimal structural basis of the organismic functions of the respiratory system, from the lungs to the muscle cells and their mitochondria, based on the hypothesis of symmorphosis. The discovery of the Weibel-Palade bodies in 1962 was an accidental observation. Ewald Weibel was married to the violinist and musicologist Verena Weibel-Trachsler.

Honors and awards edit

Weibel was awarded numerous awards and accolades in life, a selected list is in the following.

Bibliography edit

  • Weibel, Ewald R. (1963). Morphometry of the Human Lung. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-87553-3. ISBN 978-3-642-87555-7. S2CID 43541365.
  • Warwick, R. (1967). Weibel, Ewald R.; Elias, Hans (eds.). Quantitative Methods in Morphology / Quantitative Methoden in der Morphologie. Vol. 103. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 380–381. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-50130-2. ISBN 978-3-642-50132-6. PMC 1231782. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  • Weibel, Ewald R. (1979–1980). Stereological methods. London: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-742201-3. OCLC 5354366.
  • Weibel, Ewald R. (1984). The pathway for oxygen : structure and function in the mammalian respiratory system. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-65791-8. OCLC 10020345.
  • Nonnenmacher, T. F.; Losa, G. A.; Weibel, Ewald R., eds. (1994–1998). Fractals in biology and medicine Vol. I-II. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 3-7643-2989-0. OCLC 29428836.
  • Weibel, Ewald R.; Taylor, C. Richard; Bolis, Liana (1998). Principles of animal design : the optimization and symmorphosis debate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-58370-5. OCLC 36817074.
  • Weibel, Ewald R. (2000). Symmorphosis : on form and function in shaping life. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00068-4. OCLC 42021561.
  • Losa, Gabriele A.; Merlini, Danilo; Nonnenmacher, Theo F.; Weibel, Ewald R., eds. (2002). Fractals in Biology and Medicine Vol III. Basel: Birkhäuser Basel. doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8119-7. ISBN 978-3-0348-9445-6.

References edit

  1. ^ Weibel ER, Palade GE (October 1964). "New cytoplasmic components in arterial endothelia". J. Cell Biol. 23 (1): 101–12. doi:10.1083/jcb.23.1.101. PMC 2106503. PMID 14228505.
  2. ^ Ochs, Matthias (2020-09-01). ""And then I met Ewald Weibel"". American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 319 (3): L403–L407. doi:10.1152/ajplung.00313.2020. ISSN 1040-0605. PMID 32640838. S2CID 220439564.
  3. ^ Weibel, Ewald R. (2013-09-15). "A retrospective of lung morphometry: from 1963 to present". American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 305 (6): L405–L408. doi:10.1152/ajplung.00169.2013. ISSN 1040-0605. PMID 23851316.
  4. ^ Hoppeler, Hans; Lindstedt, Stan L. (2019-05-01). "Ewald R. Weibel (1929–2019)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 (9). doi:10.1242/jeb.205260. ISSN 1477-9145. PMID 31048402. S2CID 143432192.
  5. ^ "Marcel Benoist Prize: past laureates". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Professor Ewald Rudolf Weibel". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Schinz-Medaille". Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Radiologie (in German). 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  8. ^ "Curriculum Vitae Prof. Ewald R. Weibel" (PDF). Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Academy of Europe: Weibel Ewald". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2022-12-22.

December 18, 2023
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Ewald Rudolf Weibel HonFRMS 5 March 1929 19 February 2019 was a Swiss anatomist and physiologist and former director of the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Bern He was one of the first scientists to describe the endothelial organelles Weibel Palade bodies which are named after him and his Romanian American colleague George Emil Palade 1 He was known for his work on the anatomy of gas exchange in lungs on multiple spatial scales using stereology 2 3 Ewald Rudolf WeibelBorn 1929 03 05 March 5 1929Buchs Aargau SwitzerlandDiedFebruary 19 2019 2019 02 19 aged 89 Bern SwitzerlandEducationUniversity of ZurichKnown forWeibel Palade bodyStereologyScientific careerInstitutionsColumbia UniversityRockefeller InstituteUniversity of BernAcademic advisorsAndre Frederic CournandAverill A Liebow Contents 1 Education and career 2 Honors and awards 3 Bibliography 4 ReferencesEducation and career editWeibel was born in Buchs in the Aargau canton of Switzerland After studying medicine at the University of Zurich state examination 1955 Dr med 1956 he spent several years studying in the USA at Yale University in New Haven as well as at Columbia University and the Rockefeller Institute now Rockefeller University in New York most recently as a career Investigator for the Health Research Council of the City of New York In 1963 he returned to the Anatomical Institute of the University of Zurich as an assistant professor and in 1966 he was appointed full professor and director of the Anatomical Institute at the University of Bern until his retirement in 1994 He was Rector of the University of Bern from 1984 to 1985 From 1979 until 1996 he was Visiting Agassiz Professor and Associate in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University After his retirement he was Vice President and Secretary of the Maurice E Muller Foundation for Orthopedic Surgery until 2000 He was founding president of the Union of Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology 1969 1972 President of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences 1996 2000 and President of the International Union of Physiological Sciences 1997 2001 4 His scientific work covered four main areas the morphometry of the human lung as the structural basis of the gas exchange function the development of morphometric and stereological methods the application of these methods in cell biology to measure the membrane system of the liver cell and the mitochondria in the muscles integrative studies in comparative physiology particularly on the question of the optimal structural basis of the organismic functions of the respiratory system from the lungs to the muscle cells and their mitochondria based on the hypothesis of symmorphosis The discovery of the Weibel Palade bodies in 1962 was an accidental observation Ewald Weibel was married to the violinist and musicologist Verena Weibel Trachsler Honors and awards editWeibel was awarded numerous awards and accolades in life a selected list is in the following 1974 Marcel Benoist Prize 5 1979 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society 1979 Felix Fleischner Medal 1981 Foreign Associate of the U S National Academy of Sciences 6 1982 College Medalist American College of Chest Physicians 1985 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1987 Anders Retzius Gold Medal Karolinska Institutet Stockholm 1987 Member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala 1988 H R Schinz Medal Swiss Society of Radiology 7 1988 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science University of Edinburgh 1988 Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences 1989 Member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina 8 1992 Individual member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences 1993 Jan Evangelista Purkinje Gold Medal Prague 1998 Member of the Academia Europaea 9 1999 Honorary Doctor of Medicine University of Geneva 1999 Honorary Foreign Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2000 Honorary member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences 2004 Honorary member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences 2005 Prix La Recherche with Bernard Sapoval amp Marcel Filoche Paris 2007 Educational Award European Respiratory SocietyBibliography editWeibel Ewald R 1963 Morphometry of the Human Lung Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg doi 10 1007 978 3 642 87553 3 ISBN 978 3 642 87555 7 S2CID 43541365 Warwick R 1967 Weibel Ewald R Elias Hans eds Quantitative Methods in Morphology Quantitative Methoden in der Morphologie Vol 103 Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg pp 380 381 doi 10 1007 978 3 642 50130 2 ISBN 978 3 642 50132 6 PMC 1231782 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a journal ignored help Weibel Ewald R 1979 1980 Stereological methods London Academic Press ISBN 0 12 742201 3 OCLC 5354366 Weibel Ewald R 1984 The pathway for oxygen structure and function in the mammalian respiratory system Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press ISBN 0 674 65791 8 OCLC 10020345 Nonnenmacher T F Losa G A Weibel Ewald R eds 1994 1998 Fractals in biology and medicine Vol I II Basel Birkhauser Verlag ISBN 3 7643 2989 0 OCLC 29428836 Weibel Ewald R Taylor C Richard Bolis Liana 1998 Principles of animal design the optimization and symmorphosis debate Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 58370 5 OCLC 36817074 Weibel Ewald R 2000 Symmorphosis on form and function in shaping life Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press ISBN 0 674 00068 4 OCLC 42021561 Losa Gabriele A Merlini Danilo Nonnenmacher Theo F Weibel Ewald R eds 2002 Fractals in Biology and Medicine Vol III Basel Birkhauser Basel doi 10 1007 978 3 0348 8119 7 ISBN 978 3 0348 9445 6 References edit Weibel ER Palade GE October 1964 New cytoplasmic components in arterial endothelia J Cell Biol 23 1 101 12 doi 10 1083 jcb 23 1 101 PMC 2106503 PMID 14228505 Ochs Matthias 2020 09 01 And then I met Ewald Weibel American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 319 3 L403 L407 doi 10 1152 ajplung 00313 2020 ISSN 1040 0605 PMID 32640838 S2CID 220439564 Weibel Ewald R 2013 09 15 A retrospective of lung morphometry from 1963 to present American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 305 6 L405 L408 doi 10 1152 ajplung 00169 2013 ISSN 1040 0605 PMID 23851316 Hoppeler Hans Lindstedt Stan L 2019 05 01 Ewald R Weibel 1929 2019 Journal of Experimental Biology 222 9 doi 10 1242 jeb 205260 ISSN 1477 9145 PMID 31048402 S2CID 143432192 Marcel Benoist Prize past laureates Retrieved 31 October 2017 Professor Ewald Rudolf Weibel American Academy of Arts and Sciences Retrieved 31 October 2017 Schinz Medaille Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Radiologie in German 2016 04 21 Retrieved 2022 12 22 Curriculum Vitae Prof Ewald R Weibel PDF Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in German Retrieved 31 October 2017 Academy of Europe Weibel Ewald www ae info org Retrieved 2022 12 22 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ewald Weibel amp oldid 1178284825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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