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Bernt Krebs
Bernt Krebs (born in Gotha, Germany) is a German scientist. He is conducting research at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Münster.
Academic career.
After his studies in chemistry at the University of Göttingen from 1958 to 1963 and after his diploma in chemistry in 1963, Bernt Krebs received his Dr. rer.nat. degree in 1965. In 1965 and 1966 he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Brookhaven National Laboratory with Walter Hamilton and Don Koenig. After his habilitation in the field of inorganic
concerns the synthesis and practical development of novel platinum complexes as possible antitumor agents. Bernt Krebs was able to develop a number of highly interesting new compounds with promising properties, e.g., without nephrotoxic side effects.
His structural investigations are significant contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms of the interaction of platinum agents with DNA. The contributions of Bernt Krebs to the methods and applications of crystal structure analysis with X-ray and neutron diffraction and to X-ray absorption spectroscopy are outstanding. His pioneering crystal structures of purple acid phosphatase