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'''Mária Wollemann''' (6 July 1923 – 5 October 2019) was a Hungarian biochemist and neuroscientist who specialised in [[neurochemistry]] and [[neuropharmacology]]. A student of Nobel Prize winner [[Albert Szent-Györgyi]] at the [[University of Szeged]], she worked at the {{ill|National Institute of Neurosurgery|hu|Országos Mentális, Ideggyógyászati és Idegsebészeti Intézet}} from 1954 until 1970 and was director of the [[Biological Research Centre (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)|Biological Research Centre]] from 1978 until 1983.
'''Mária Wollemann''' (6 July 1923 – 5 October 2019) was a Hungarian biochemist and neuroscientist who specialised in [[neurochemistry]] and [[neuropharmacology]]. A student of Nobel Prize winner [[Albert Szent-Györgyi]] at the [[University of Szeged]], she worked at the {{ill|National Institute of Neurosurgery|hu|Országos Mentális, Ideggyógyászati és Idegsebészeti Intézet}} from 1954 until 1970 and was director of the [[Biological Research Centre (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)|Biological Research Centre]] from 1978 until 1983.
==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in Budapest on 6 July 1923, Mária Wollemann studied medicine at the [[University of Szeged]] under Nobel Prize winner [[Albert Szent-Györgyi]] and at the [[Pázmány Péter Catholic University]], obtaining her Doctor of Medicine degree from the latter in 1947.<ref name="index">{{Cite news |last=Balázs |first=Tóth |date=2019-10-07 |title=Meghalt Wollemann Mária orvos, az opioid receptorok kutatója |url=https://index.hu/techtud/2019/10/07/ehunyt_wollemann_maria_orvos_az_opioid_receptorok_kutatoja/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=index.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref name="szegedvaros">{{Cite web |title=Prof. Dr. Wollemann Mária, orvos |url=https://www.szegedvaros.hu/diszpolgarok/prof-dr-wollemann-maria-orvos |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=szegedvaros.hu}}</ref> After working at the [[Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University]] and the [[Hungarian Academy of Sciences]] (1948-1949), Wollemann started working at the {{ill|National Institute of Neurosurgery|hu|Országos Mentális, Ideggyógyászati és Idegsebészeti Intézet}} (OMIII) in 1954, remaining there until 1970.<ref name="index" /><ref name="szegedvaros" /> During her time at OMIII, she had a few short overseas stints as an researcher at the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]] (1956-1957), [[Montefiore Medical Center]] (1963-1964), and {{ill|Hôpital Boucicaut|fr}} in Paris (1966).<ref name="szegedvaros" /> After moving to the [[Biological Research Centre (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)|Biological Research Centre]] (BRC) in Szeged in 1971, she was a group leader and deputy director there, before serving as director from 1978 until 1983.<ref name="szegedvaros" />
Born in Budapest on 6 July 1923, Mária Wollemann studied medicine at the [[University of Szeged]] under Nobel Prize winner [[Albert Szent-Györgyi]] and at the [[Pázmány Péter Catholic University]], obtaining her Doctor of Medicine degree from the latter in 1947.<ref name="index">{{Cite news |last=Balázs |first=Tóth |date=2019-10-07 |title=Meghalt Wollemann Mária orvos, az opioid receptorok kutatója |url=https://index.hu/techtud/2019/10/07/ehunyt_wollemann_maria_orvos_az_opioid_receptorok_kutatoja/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=index.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref name="szegedvaros">{{Cite web |title=Prof. Dr. Wollemann Mária, orvos |url=https://www.szegedvaros.hu/diszpolgarok/prof-dr-wollemann-maria-orvos |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=szegedvaros.hu}}</ref> After working at the [[Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University]] and the [[Hungarian Academy of Sciences]] (1948–1949), Wollemann started working at the {{ill|National Institute of Neurosurgery|hu|Országos Mentális, Ideggyógyászati és Idegsebészeti Intézet}} (OMIII) in 1954, remaining there until 1970.<ref name="index" /><ref name="szegedvaros" /> During her time at OMIII, she had a few short overseas stints as an researcher at the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]] (1956–1957), [[Montefiore Medical Center]] (1963–1964), and {{ill|Hôpital Boucicaut|fr}} in Paris (1966).<ref name="szegedvaros" /> After moving to the [[Biological Research Centre (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)|Biological Research Centre]] (BRC) in Szeged in 1971, she was a group leader and deputy director there, before serving as director from 1978 until 1983.<ref name="szegedvaros" />


As an academic, Wollemann specialised in [[neurochemistry]] and [[neuropharmacology]], having focused on these areas during her work at the BRC.<ref name="index" /> In 1974, her doctoral dissertation was later published as a book, ''Biochemistry of Brain Tumours''.<ref name="szegedvaros" /> She won the {{ill|Akadémiai Díj|hu}} in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akadémiai Díjban részesültek (1961-2011) |url=http://mta.hu/data/cikk/12/29/41/cikk_122941/Akademiai_Dijban_reszesultek_1961-2011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717203201/http://mta.hu/data/cikk/12/29/41/cikk_122941/Akademiai_Dijban_reszesultek_1961-2011.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-17 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Hungarian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>
As an academic, Wollemann specialised in [[neurochemistry]] and [[neuropharmacology]], having focused on these areas during her work at the BRC.<ref name="index" /> In 1974, her doctoral dissertation was later published as a book, ''Biochemistry of Brain Tumours''.<ref name="szegedvaros" /> She won the {{ill|Akadémiai Díj|hu}} in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akadémiai Díjban részesültek (1961-2011) |url=http://mta.hu/data/cikk/12/29/41/cikk_122941/Akademiai_Dijban_reszesultek_1961-2011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717203201/http://mta.hu/data/cikk/12/29/41/cikk_122941/Akademiai_Dijban_reszesultek_1961-2011.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-17 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Hungarian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>


After being inducted to the [[Hungarian Order of Merit]] with the Officer's Cross in 1994, she was promoted to Commander's Cross in 2003.<ref name="index" /> In 2004, ''[[Acta Biologica Hungarica]]'' published a festschrift volume for her 80th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issue celebrating the 80th birthday of Maria Wollemann |url=https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=261343 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=ICI Journals Master List}}</ref> In addition to a 2017 commemorative medal for services to the city's international relations, she was a 2019 honorary citizen of Szeged.<ref name="24.hu">{{Cite news |last=Máté |first=Vaskor |date=2019-10-07 |title=Meghalt Wollemann Mária orvos, Szeged díszpolgára |url=https://24.hu/tudomany/2019/10/07/wollemann-maria-orvos-meghalt/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=24.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref name="index" />
After being inducted to the [[Hungarian Order of Merit]] with the Officer's Cross in 1994, Wollemann was promoted to Commander's Cross in 2003.<ref name="index" /> In 2004, ''[[Acta Biologica Hungarica]]'' published a festschrift volume for her 80th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issue celebrating the 80th birthday of Maria Wollemann |url=https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=261343 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=ICI Journals Master List}}</ref> In addition to a 2017 commemorative medal for services to the city's international relations, she was a 2019 honorary citizen of Szeged.<ref name="24.hu">{{Cite news |last=Máté |first=Vaskor |date=2019-10-07 |title=Meghalt Wollemann Mária orvos, Szeged díszpolgára |url=https://24.hu/tudomany/2019/10/07/wollemann-maria-orvos-meghalt/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=24.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref name="index" />


Wollemann died on 5 October 2019, aged 96.<ref name="brc.hu">{{Cite web |title=Elhunyt korábbi munkatársunk Dr. Wollemann Mária orvos-biokémikus, Szeged város díszpolgára |url=http://www.brc.hu/file/documents/WM_rovid_nekrolog.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023153524/http://www.brc.hu/file/documents/WM_rovid_nekrolog.pdf |archive-date=2019-10-23 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[Biological Research Centre (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)|Biological Research Centre]]}}</ref> Her funeral was subsequently held at the cemetery in {{ill|Belváros, Szeged|hu|Belváros (Szeged)|lt=Belváros}}, a neighbourhood in Szeged.<ref name="brc.hu" />
Wollemann died on 5 October 2019, aged 96.<ref name="brc.hu">{{Cite web |title=Elhunyt korábbi munkatársunk Dr. Wollemann Mária orvos-biokémikus, Szeged város díszpolgára |url=http://www.brc.hu/file/documents/WM_rovid_nekrolog.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023153524/http://www.brc.hu/file/documents/WM_rovid_nekrolog.pdf |archive-date=2019-10-23 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[Biological Research Centre (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)|Biological Research Centre]]}}</ref> Her funeral was subsequently held at the cemetery in {{ill|Belváros, Szeged|hu|Belváros (Szeged)|lt=Belváros}}, a neighbourhood in Szeged.<ref name="brc.hu" />

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Revision as of 00:23, 21 May 2024

Mária Wollemann
Born(1923-07-06)6 July 1923
Budapest, Hungary
Died5 October 2019(2019-10-05) (aged 96)
Occupations
  • Biochemist
  • neuroscientist
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineBiochemistry
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Mária Wollemann (6 July 1923 – 5 October 2019) was a Hungarian biochemist and neuroscientist who specialised in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology. A student of Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi at the University of Szeged, she worked at the National Institute of Neurosurgery [hu] from 1954 until 1970 and was director of the Biological Research Centre from 1978 until 1983.

Biography

Born in Budapest on 6 July 1923, Mária Wollemann studied medicine at the University of Szeged under Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi and at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, obtaining her Doctor of Medicine degree from the latter in 1947.[1][2] After working at the Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1948–1949), Wollemann started working at the National Institute of Neurosurgery [hu] (OMIII) in 1954, remaining there until 1970.[1][2] During her time at OMIII, she had a few short overseas stints as an researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin (1956–1957), Montefiore Medical Center (1963–1964), and Hôpital Boucicaut [fr] in Paris (1966).[2] After moving to the Biological Research Centre (BRC) in Szeged in 1971, she was a group leader and deputy director there, before serving as director from 1978 until 1983.[2]

As an academic, Wollemann specialised in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology, having focused on these areas during her work at the BRC.[1] In 1974, her doctoral dissertation was later published as a book, Biochemistry of Brain Tumours.[2] She won the Akadémiai Díj [hu] in 1977.[3]

After being inducted to the Hungarian Order of Merit with the Officer's Cross in 1994, Wollemann was promoted to Commander's Cross in 2003.[1] In 2004, Acta Biologica Hungarica published a festschrift volume for her 80th birthday.[4] In addition to a 2017 commemorative medal for services to the city's international relations, she was a 2019 honorary citizen of Szeged.[5][1]

Wollemann died on 5 October 2019, aged 96.[6] Her funeral was subsequently held at the cemetery in Belváros [hu], a neighbourhood in Szeged.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Balázs, Tóth (7 October 2019). "Meghalt Wollemann Mária orvos, az opioid receptorok kutatója". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Prof. Dr. Wollemann Mária, orvos". szegedvaros.hu. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Akadémiai Díjban részesültek (1961-2011)" (PDF). Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Issue celebrating the 80th birthday of Maria Wollemann". ICI Journals Master List. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ Máté, Vaskor (7 October 2019). "Meghalt Wollemann Mária orvos, Szeged díszpolgára". 24.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Elhunyt korábbi munkatársunk Dr. Wollemann Mária orvos-biokémikus, Szeged város díszpolgára" (PDF). Biological Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2024.


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