Ewald Weibel

Ewald R. Weibel

Ewald R. Weibel HonFRMS (5 March 1929 – 19 February 2019) was a Swiss biologist. He was director of the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Bern. He was known for his works with the Weibel-Palade bodies, which are named after him and his Romanian American colleague George Emil Palade.[1]

Weibel was awarded the Marcel Benoist Prize in 1974.[2] In 1981, Weibel became a foreign member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.[3] In 1998, he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.[4] In 2000, Weibel was elected as a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5]

References

  1. Weibel ER, Palade GE. New cytoplasmic components in arterial endothelia. J. Cell Biol. 23 (1) (October 1964). p. 101–12. doi:10.1083/jcb.23.1.101.
  2. Marcel Benoist Prize: past laureates. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. Curriculum Vitae Prof. Ewald R. Weibel (in de). Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. Ewald WeibelAcademia Europaea.
  5. Professor Ewald Rudolf Weibel. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2017.