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Faculty Award Winner Georg Weber

09/16/2020

Article in two languages: Prof. Georg Franz Weber is recepient of the Emerging Entrepreneurial Achievement Award. He is Professor in cancer research at the University of Cincinnati, USA. The following are brief insights in his biography and field of research.

Faculty Award recipient, George Weber, Emerging Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, Photo: Private
Faculty Award recipient, George Weber, Emerging Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, Photo: Private

Georg Franz Weber, Professor in cancer research, University of Cincinnati, USA

Georg F. Weber attended Medical School at the Universitaet Wuerzburg 1982 through 1988. Having been committed to medical research since his youth, he attended electives and seminars on research topics (Gundolf Keil, Martin Lindauer) as early as the preclinical years. After graduation, he emigrated to the United States. He conducted research at Harvard University 1990 through 2000, initially in immunology (on the foundation of his doctoral thesis on peritonitis under Hans-Peter Bruch). He made contributions to the understanding of immune responses via redox mechanisms and to signal transduction in T-cells, which leads to proliferation, programmed cell death or immunosenescence. With his discovery of an interaction between the molecules Osteopontin and CD44 in cancer metastases, Georg’s passion for cancer research became rekindled. He has now pursued the mission to study the spread of cancer over more than 20 years, and he has made fundamental contributions to the field.

In his later university years, Georg attended lectures in philosophy (Werner Flach). Since 2013, he has also published research work regarding the analysis and the philosophical implications of complex systems (“chaos research”).

At the advanced stage of his career, Georg strived to achieve immediate impact on clinical medicine as well as extensive international collaborations (hopefully including the Julius-Maximilians Universitaet Wuerzburg).


­Georg Franz Weber, Professor in der Krebsforschung, University of Cincinnati USA

Georg F. Weber studierte Medizin and der Universitaet Wuerzburg 1982 bis 1988. Seit den Jugendjahren an der medizinischen Forschug interessiert, besuchte er schon im Vorklinikum Wahlkurse und Seminare mit wissenschaftlichen Themen (Gundolf Keil, Martin Lindauer). Nach dem Abschluss emigrierte er in the USA. Er arbeitete 1990-2000 and der Harvard Universitaet, zunaechst in der Immunologie (auf dem Fundament der Dissertation ueber Peritonitis unter Hans-Peter Bruch). Er machte Beitraege zu Immunitaet durch redox Mechanismen und zu Signaltransduction in T-Zellen die zu Proliferation, programmiertem Zelltod, oder Immunoseneszenz fuehren. Durch seine Entdeckung einer Interaktion zwischen den Molekuelen Osteopontin und CD44 in Krebs Metastasen wurde Georg’s Leidenschaft fuer die Krebsforschung wiederbelebt. Er hat diese Mission, Metastasen zu studieren, ueber mehr als 20 Jahre verfolgt, und hat zu dem Feld fundamentale Beitraege geleistet.

In den spaeteren Jahren des Studiums, besuchte Georg Philosophie Lesungen (Werner Flach). Seit 2013 hat er auch Forschungsarbeiten zur Analyse komplexer Systeme (“Chaos Forschung”) und deren philosophischen Implikationen geschrieben.

Im fortgeschrittenen Stadium seiner Laufbahn erstrebt Georg direkten Einfluss seiner Arbeiten auf die klinische Medizin sowie erweiterte internationale Zusammenarbeit (hoffentlich auch mit der Julius-Maximilians Universitaet Wuerzburg).

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