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Werner Scheler (born 12 September 1923) is a German physician and pharmacologist. Between 1959 and 1971 he worked at the University of Greifswald where he served as the Director of the university's Institute of Pharmacology and as a teaching professor in his subject, subsequently also becoming the University Rector following the death of .〔 Later, between 1979 and 1990, Scheler was the penultimate president of the (East) German Academy of Sciences. Like many leading academics in the German Democratic Republic, Werner Scheler also pursued a career in national politics. At the end of 1978 he was elected to membership of the powerful Party Central Committee.〔 ==Life== Scheler was born at the main hospital in Coburg in what was then central southern Germany. His father worked as a locksmith in Steinach, a short distance to the south. Scheler attended primary school in Steinach and secondary school (''Realgymnasium'') in nearby Sonneberg. During the war, which from a German perspective broke out in 1939, he served in anti-aircraft defence as a "Flak soldier".〔 After the war ended, formally in May 1945, he was finally able, in 1946/47, to study for and pass his school leaving exams in Jena. In parallel with the completion of his schooling, in 1946 he began to study Medicine at the University of Jena. He received his doctorate in 1951 for a dissertation on the biological effects of Choline.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/uber-die-biologischen-wirkungen-des-cholins-unter-besonderer-berucksichtigung-der-wirkung-des-neurotropan-trimethyl-oxyathyl-ammonium-citrat/oclc/769376142 )〕 He then moved on to Berlin's Humboldt University where he remained between 1951 and 1959, starting out as a research assistant and progressing to a post as a research scientist. During this time he received his habilitation (a higher academic qualification) in 1956 for research work on Pharmacology and Toxicology.〔〔"Der Einfluß der Eiweißkomponenten auf Eigenschaften u. Struktur von Methämoglobinverbindungen"〕 Scheler took on a teaching professorship at the Humboldt in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1959. At the same time he worked as the Director of the Institute of Pharmacology at Greifswald University, some 250 km (160 miles) to the north. A teaching professorship at Greifswald followed in 1962. In 1966 he became the Rector at Greifswald after the incumbent died. He held this post till 1970. In 1971 he was appointed Director of the Research Centre for Molecular Biology and Medicine, a newly established branch of the National Academy of Sciences based on the north side of Berlin. From July 1979 till the end of June 1990 he then served as the President of the National Academy of Sciences.〔 The Academy itself was disbanded in the wake of German Reunification, which meant that Werner Scheler was actually its penultimate president. His successor was . The focus of his research was the functioning of Hemoglobin in Red blood cells. Werner Scheler produced around 350 scientific publications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Werner Scheler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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