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01/24/2020 07:28

Bergey Medal winner Dr. Peter Schumann retires

Dr. Manuela Schüngel Stabsstelle Presse und Kommunikation
Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH

    Bergey Medal winner Dr. Peter Schumann retires

    (Braunschweig - 24 January 2020): "Dr. rer. nat. Peter Schumann is one of the last two proven experts worldwide in the field of chemical analysis of bacterial cell walls", Professor Dr. Jörg Overmann, Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, emphasised the importance of the Bergey Medal winner's scientific expertise at the award ceremony in November 2019. On 31 January 2020, the world-renowned researcher will have his last working day after 28 years in the laboratories of the DSMZ on the Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd. There, Peter Schumann has headed the Chemical Analysis group for almost 20 years, offering services in the fields of chemotaxonomy, Maldi-TOF MS and RiboPrinting.

    Since 1984, the scientist was employed at the IMET-Culture Collection of the former German Democratic Republic at the Central Institute for Microbiology and Expert Therapy in Jena. This collection was incorporated by the DSMZ and Peter Schumann followed to Braunschweig. Schumann's publication list comprises 522 publications in journals; he is co-author of renowned books in the field of bacterial taxonomy, including Bergey's Manual and the Handbook Prokaryotes. Peter Schumann is a member of the editorial board of the Digital Atlas of Actinomycetes since 2013 and honorary member of the Hungarian Society of Microbiology. In 2008 a newly discovered actinobacterium was named after him, Schumannella luteola.

    Peter Schumann would like to remain faithful to systematics and evolutionary research in his retirement and plans to devote more time to his hobby: the classification and identification of fossils found in fields around him.

    Press contact:
    Sven-David Müller, Head of Public Relations, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH
    Phone: ++49 (0)531/2616-300
    Mail: Sven.David.Mueller@dsmz.de

    About the Leibniz Institute DSMZ
    The Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures is the world's most diverse collection of biological resources (bacteria, archaea, protists, yeasts, fun-gi, bacteriophages, plant viruses, genomic bacterial DNA as well as human and animal cell lines). Microorganisms and cell cultures are collected, investigated and archived at the DSMZ. As an institution of the Leibniz Association, the DSMZ with its extensive scientific services and biological resources has been a global partner for research, science and industry since 1969. The DSMZ is the first registered collection in Europe (Regulation (EU) No. 511/2014) and certified according to the quality standard ISO 9001:2015. As a patent depository, it offers the only possibility in Germany to deposit biological material in accordance with the requirements of the Budapest Treaty. In addition to scientific services, research is the second pillar of the DSMZ. The institute, located on the Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd, accommodates more than 72,500 cultures and biomaterials and has 198 employees. www.dsmz.de

    The Leibniz Association
    The Leibniz Association connects 95 independent research institutions that range in focus from the natural, engineering and environmental sciences via economics, spatial and social sciences to the humanities. Leibniz Institutes address issues of social, economic and ecological relevance. They conduct knowledge-driven and applied basic research, maintain scientific infrastructure and provide research-based services. The Leibniz Association identifies focus areas for knowledge transfer to policy-makers, academia, business and the public. Leibniz institutions collaborate intensively with universities – in the form of “Leibniz ScienceCampi” (thematic
    partnerships between university and non-university research institutes), for example – as well as with industry and other partners at home and abroad. They are subject to an independent evaluation procedure that is unparalleled in its transparency. Due to the importance of the institutions for the country as a whole, they are funded jointly by the Federation and the Länder, employing some 19,100 individuals, including 9,900 researchers. The entire budget of all the institutes is approximately 1.9 billion Euros. www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de


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    Award of the Bergey Medal, on the left Scientific Director Leibniz Institute DSMZ Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann, on the right Dr. Peter Schumann


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