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1 October 2015) was a Swiss-Austrian biochemist. chatz 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. In 1968, he emigrated to the US in

order to assume a professorship Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. 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). 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  was

published in 2000. 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.