Celebration of Ernest Gutmann’s life
نویسنده
چکیده
Ernest as a person In my talk I will give several examples to illustrate the most endearing characteristics of Ernest’s personality. Here I mention just one particular incidence. There was a meeting of heads of divisions of the Institute of Physiology to discuss some questions of interdepartmental organization of the Institute. This meeting coincided with one convened by the cleaners and maintenance workers of the Institute. For most of the heads of Divisions the decision as to which meeting to attend was not a problem and all apart from Ernest attended the meeting of the heads of divisions. Ernest’s choice was quite unexpected; he attended the meeting of the cleaners and maintenance workers. At the time, this choice seemed quite inappropriate, but with hindsight it became clear that the meeting Ernest attended was much more important for the smooth running of the Institute, then that of the heads of Divisions. Such unconventional and original decisions were also reflected in Ernest Gutmann’s work, where he was attracted to the study of problems that were not necessarily fashionable, but attracted his attention by their uniqueness. Since this meeting is concerned with the changes in denervated muscles I will discuss a special topic that is unique and interested Ernest, i.e. denervation hypertrophy.
منابع مشابه
“ The Denervated Muscle ” – 45 Years Later Bruce
Forty five years after its publication, Ernest Gutmann’s book, “The Denervated Muscle,” still stands as a landmark publication. It summarized the state of knowledge of the time and introduced much new research that was ongoing at the Institute of Physiology in Prague. At the time, the response of a muscle to denervation was viewed primarily through the lens of the neurotrophic theory. Advances ...
متن کاملA celebration and a challenge.
www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 323 9 JANUARY 2009 179 COVER Charles Darwin, a few years after his Beagle voyage. Science’s celebration of his 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species begins with a Review by Bowler (p. 223) and an Essay on the origins of life (p. 198), the start of a monthly series exploring evolution. See also the Editorial (p. 185...
متن کاملThe cause for quiet celebration.
Editor, perhaps we can help put Robert Jacoby and the dozen other men who found our editorial distressing out of at least a little of their misery? The reason for the quiet celebration we suggest is that it has generally only been in extremely poor countries that women have died earlier than men in recent decades. By 2006 almost nowhere in the world appears so absolutely poor (at least in this ...
متن کاملThe Hidden Side of Students’ Marriage at an Iranian University: A Qualitative Study of Achievements and Barriers
Background: Celebration of university students’ marriage ceremonies in Iran dates back to around three decades, but its positive and negative aspects require further reconsideration. This study is intended to explore those aspects in the words of university students who married during their studying at the university. Methods: In this qualitative study, a qualitative content analysis method wa...
متن کامل