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Bayer, Manfred Erich was born on September 22, 1928 in Goerlitz, Silesia, Germany. Son of Erich Ludwig and Erika Helen (Pelikan) Bayer. came to the United States, 1962.
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Manfred Erich Bayer, German Molecular biologist, physician. National Science Foundation grantee, 1968-1998, National Institutes of Health, 1967-1992. Member American Society Microbiology (chairman division ultrastructure 1984-1985), American Society Cell Biology, American Society Virology, American Society Electron Microscipy, Canada Society Microbiologists (chairman morphology section 1991-1992), Canada Society Electron Microscopy.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany, 1956. Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Institute Tropical Diseases, Hamburg, 1961.
Career
He was the first person to visualize yellow fever virus in cultured cells and to obtain ultra-thin sections of the cell wall of East. coli by penicillin. He joined the University of Kiel, Germany for higher studies in biology and obtained his degree in 1949. He enrolled for physics in the same University and got a degree in 1959.
His research on pathology enabled him to become the Research Associate at the University of Hamburg.
He also did his diploma in tropical medicine and parasitology at the University of Hamburg. Later, he joined the Institute of Cancer Research, Philadelphia as a research associate.
He was also the Professor of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School from 1971 to 2000. He is a Honorary visiting professor at Dalhousie University, Halifax.
He died on February 27, 2015 at his home in Crozet, Virginia.
Beyer is known for his research on use of water-soluble embedding resins in electron microscopy. The use of resins will solidify samples so that thin sections could be obtained for electron micrography. He is also credited with the discovery of the structural units of hepatitis virus.
This discovery was crucial for the invention of vaccine against Hepatitis.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Microbiology (chairman division ultrastructure 1984-1985), American Society Cell Biology, American Society Virology, American Society Electron Microscipy, Canada Society Microbiologists (chairman morphology section 1991-1992), Canada Society Electron Microscopy.
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Married Margaret Helene Janssen, August 26, 1958. Children: Ada-Helen, Thora-Ilin.
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Doctor Bayer has won the Japanese Society for the Promotion in Science award. He was an editorial member in the Journal of Bacteriology. He was given a research grant by Lyme Disease Association Incorporated. for his research on Effects of Low Frequency Magnetic Fields on Borrelia burgdorferi.Doctor Bayer has won the Japanese Society for the Promotion in Science award. He was an editorial member in the Journal of Bacteriology. He was given a research grant by Lyme Disease Association Incorporated. for his research on Effects of Low Frequency Magnetic Fields on Borrelia burgdorferi.