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Place of Birth: Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Werner Franke
- Werner Wilhelm Franke (born 31 January 1940 in Paderborn, Germany) is a professor of cell and molecular biology at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. After completing high school (Abitur), he studied chemistry, biology and physics at the University of Heidelberg.
- Following completion of his doctorate and habilitation he became a university professor in Heidelberg and, at the same time, became the head of a department at the German Cancer Research Center.
- In 1982, Franke became the president of the European Cell Biology Organization (ECBO), a post he held until 1990. He is considered a leading expert in performance-enhancing drugs and one of the most ardent critics of drug abuse in sports.
- Together with his wife, Brigitte Berendonk, once an Olympic discus thrower and shot putter, he has fought against drug abuse in sports.
- He assisted his wife in researching the 1991 book Doping: From Research to Deceit, uncovering the systematic use of doping by East German athletes.
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