EUSTIS, FL, October 10, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Alfred Zweidler with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Zweidler celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
What ultimately drew him to a career in biomedical science and research? As Dr. Zweidler says, "often in science, by a strange incident, a person is inspired." Thus was the case with him.
He started his career with an apprenticeship in a government office that dealt with the law but turned to a career in the natural sciences on the advice of instructors and a philosophical decision to set goals to benefit humanity. Then, in 1962, a young professor came back to Zurich from England where he had worked in a lab that used the radioactive isotope Tritium to trace biological macromelecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. This set in motion a path that would lead to a fulfilling career in which he developed theories in the fight against cancer and practical solutions to aging problems.
From 1964 to 1966, he served as a Research Fellow at the University of Zürich's Institute for Cancer Research in the Department of Pathology. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in 1966 and then joined The University of Texas at Austin's Cell Research Institute as a Postdoctoral Fellow for three years on a Welch Foundation Fellowship. Dr. Zweidler also holds a Mathematics Diplomate Type B from the Institute Juventus in Zürich, Switzerland, earned in 1960 and a Business Diplomate, earned from Kaufmännischer Verband in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1955.
Dr. Zweidler retired as a biomedical scientist and educator at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA in 1997, having joined the Center as an associate member in 1976. Earlier, Dr. Zweidler served as an assistant member (1972-1976) and visiting scientist (1969-1970) at the Institute for Cancer Research, where he worked among about 20 scientists, two of whom were Nobel prize winners: Dr. Barry Blumberg, recognized for his research on the Hepatitis B virus, and Dr. Ernie Rose, recognized for his research on protein turnover. Dr. Zweidler also completed a term as senior research associate in The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Botany from 1970 to 1971. From 1984 to 1997, he was an adjunct associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. In Zurich, he held the title of research associate at the University Hospital of Zürich in its Experimental Cancer Research program from 1964 to 1966. Dr. Zweidler was a teaching assistant in the University of Zurich's Department of Botany from 1962 to 1964 and taught biology and chemistry at Kantonsschule Schaffhausen from 1962 to 1964.
He holds patents for:
The process for semiautomatic separation of organs from fly larvae;
Discovering the most discriminating method for protein separation on the basis of mass, charge and hydrophobicity called AUT-PAGE;
Discovering nonallelic histone variants in vertebrates;
Discovering mutations in mouse spermatocyte-specific histone genes;
Developing methods for studying protein-protein interaction called protein footprinting involving MALDI-TOF;
Elucidating the role of histones in the long-term regulation of genes by structural modification of the access to embyonic growth genes in adult tissues;
Discovering and reinstating the Treaty between Baden-Württenberg and Zürich; Analyzing the distribution of H3-proteins and DNA during cell division;
Developing new methods for karyotyping primary human tumors;
Discovering translocations as a primary mechanism of tumor progression;
Discovering new methods for isolating enzymatically active chromatin;
Separating chromatin of different density by nonionic density gradient centrifugation.
He is the co-author of "Histone Genes and Histone Gene Expression" (1984) and editor of "Histones and Cancer" (1979); He has also contributed more than 40 articles to professional journals and scientific conventions. Dr. Zweidler has 19 research works with 1571 citations and 160 reads on ResearchGate.com. He has been affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement Science, American Society for Development and Cell Biology, The Protein Society, Swiss Genetic Society and Sigma Xi.
Dr. Zweidler served as director of the M. Rohrbach Cultural Fund from 1984 to 1996, and the president of the New Helvetic Society, which promotes Swiss matters and cultural properties, from 1978 to 1984.
He has received grants from the National Cancer Institute for nearly 20 years and received the Outstanding Student Research Award from the University of Zürich in 1964.
Dr. Zweidler was born in Dübendorf, Switzerland in 1937 to Hermann and Mina (Nyffeler) Zweidler. He married Irène Erika Baertschi in 1963 and is the father of Regula Sullivan-Zweidler, Patrick Zweidler-McKay, MD, PhD, and Stephan Zweidler-White and grandfather to Kelsey Amanda Sullivan, Shannon Claire Sullivan and Alexander John Zweidler.
Dr. Zweidler attributes his success to his father, who raised three children during World War II in Switzerland, a country surrounded by Nazi Germany, because he taught him to confront and overcome adversity, never give up, and do your best in life, regardless of your circumstance. Dr. Zwidler also credits his wife, Irène, who was a good sport during the meager years of his life as a postdoctoral fellow in a foreign country while raising their own three children.
Dr. Zweidler enjoys gardening, collecting tropical fruit plants and flowers, swimming, and monitoring the health of Clear Lake for Florida Lakewatch at the University of Florida. He also travels the world to study the origin of Western Civilization (Middle East, Europe, North Africa, South America, Pacific Islands and Alaska).
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Dr. Zweidler has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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