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Jens Georg Reich (born 26 March 1939 in
Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
,
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) is a German scientist and a member of the
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. He has become famous as a civil rights campaigner in the last decade of the
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(GDR)


Life and work

Jens Reich grew up in
Halberstadt Halberstadt ( Eastphalian: ''Halverstidde'') is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the capital of Harz district. Located north of the Harz mountain range, it is known for its old town center that was greatly destroyed by Allied bombi ...
. He studied medicine and
molecular biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and physi ...
at Berlin's
Humboldt University Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of ...
and began his professional career as a junior doctor in his hometown. After further study in biochemistry, he turned to research work. In 1964, Jens Reich obtained his doctorate with the dissertation ''Arterial Vascular Sounds'' and from 1968 onwards worked at the Central Institute of Molecular Biology of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin-Buch. In 1976 he completed the dissertation ''Time and Motion in the Metabolism of Living Cells'' for his second doctorate. He was one of the first to study the kinetic behaviour of metabolic pathways (as opposed to single enzymes). As early as 1970 he co-founded a private "Friday Circle", a group of about 30 opposition-minded citizens who met to discuss the GDR. In the 1980s the State Security Ministry spied on the group and kept records of their meetings. Soon after his appointment to head of department at the Central Institute of Molecular Biology, Jens Reich lost this post. He was further sanctioned for his oppositional attitude with a ban on travel to Western countries. In September 1989 Jens Reich was one of the authors and signatories of the appeal "''Aufbruch 89 – Neues Forum'' " ( "Fresh Start 89 – New Forum"), leading to the founding of the New Forum. On 4 November 1989, Jens Reich, along with Friedrich Schorlemmer,
Christa Wolf Christa Wolf (; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist.
Barbara Gard ...
,
Ulrich Mühe Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film '' Das Leben der Anderen'' (''The Lives of Others'', 2 ...
and other well-known figures in the GDR, was one of the speakers at the
Alexanderplatz demonstration The Alexanderplatz demonstration (german: link=no, Alexanderplatz-Demonstration) was a demonstration for political reforms and against the government of the German Democratic Republic on Alexanderplatz in East Berlin on Saturday 4 November 198 ...
in East Berlin, the largest demonstration of that period. His daughter is the physics professor Stephanie Reich.


Works

* 2005 Reich, Jens ''Teufelsfragen. Ethische Konflikte in der Biomedizin''. 2-CD-Set. supposé, Köln * 2003 Reich, Jens ''Es wird ein Mensch gemacht. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Gentechnik'', Rowohlt Berlin * 1992 Reich J. G., ''Abschied von den Lebenslügen'', Rowohlt-Verlag, Berlin * 1991 Reich J. G., ''Rückkehr nach Europa'', Carl-Hanser-Verlag, München-Wien * 1981 Reich J. G., Sel’kov E. E., ''Energy Metabolism of the Cell, A Theoretical Treatise'', Academic Press, London & New York


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reich, Jens 1939 births Living people Scientists from Göttingen People from the Province of Hanover Members of the 10th Volkskammer Candidates for President of Germany East German dissidents Scientists from Saxony-Anhalt Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German medical researchers