Background
Scheler, Werner was born on September 12, 1923 in Coburg, Germany. Son of Karl and Elise (Vogel) Scheler.
Scheler, Werner was born on September 12, 1923 in Coburg, Germany. Son of Karl and Elise (Vogel) Scheler.
Doctor of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University, 1951. Dr.sc.med., Humboldt University, Berlin, 1956. Doctor honorary, University Vilnius, Russia, 1979.
Doctor honorary, University Greifswald, Germany, 1981.
Scientific assistant Humboldt University, 1951—1954. Senior assistant Academy of Sciences, 1954—1959. Assistant professor to professor University Greifswald, 1959—1971, rector, 1966—1970.
Director Research Center Molecular Biology & Medicine, German Democratic Republic Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1971—1979, president, 1979—1990. Member Volkskammer, 1963—1966, 1981—1990. Chief editor Biomedica Biochimica Acta, 1958—1991.
Author: Grundlagen der Allgemeinen Pharmakologie, 1969, 1980, 1989, Von der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin Zur Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, 2000.
Research Council of G.D.R., Medical Research Council, Council of Higher Education. Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. Academies of Sciences of Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, USSR, USSR Academy, of Med.
Married Ingeborg Fischbach Scheler, December 31, 1960. Children: Karin, Ute, Heike.