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Gottfried Schatz was born on 18 August, 1936 in Austria, is a Swiss-Austrian biochemist (1936–2015). Discover Gottfried Schatz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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1936

Gottfried Schatz (18 August 1936 – 1 October 2015) was a Swiss-Austrian biochemist.

Schatz was born in Strem.

Upon obtaining his PhD in chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Graz (Austria), he did postdoctoral work at the University of Vienna and at "The Public Health Institute" of the City of New York.

1968

In 1968, he emigrated to the US in order to assume a professorship Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

1983

Six years later, he returned to Europe in order to join the newly created Biozentrum at the University of Basel, which he chaired from 1983 to 1985, From 1984 to 1989 he was Secretary General of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

2000

After his retirement in 2000, he presided the Swiss Science and Technology Council (SSTC) until 2003.

He is the author of more than 200 professional publications as well as of two books of essays on the broader implications of science.

His scientific autobiography Interplanetary travels was published in 2000.

2015

Schatz died on 1 October 2015, aged 79.

Schatz played a leading role in elucidating the biogenesis of mitochondria and in discovering mitochondrial DNA.

He recognized that this DNA encoded only a small number of mitochondrial proteins which was decisive for his further research on the import of proteins into the mitochondria and the degradation of proteins within these organelles.

Schatz discovered a complex transport system that recognizes mitochondrial proteins made in the cytoplasm by specific signals attached to these proteins and then transfers them into the mitochondria.

This system comprises two protein complexes, TOM and TIM, which are localized in the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes respectively.

Mutations in these complexes can disrupt protein import and cause illnesses such as the neurodegenerative Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome, which leads to deafness.

Schatz also demonstrated that the energy-requiring protease Lon regulates protein turnover within the mitochondria, thus maintaining the integrity and the proper functioning of mitochondrial DNA.

Gottfried Schatz is the author of more than 200 scientific publications, three volumes of essays, an autobiography and a novel.

His books have appeared in English, French, Greek and Czech translation.