Robert Huber – författare

An intimate portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr., from his closest friend with 16 pages of color photos From the iconic image of a little boy saluting his father’s casket to his tragic death at age thirty- eight, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was never far from the public eye. Now the friend who John was flying to see the night he died reveals the private man behind the public myth. Billy and John shared summers in Hyannisport and formed a bond in the Kennedy compound that lasted well into adulthood. With Forever Young, Noonan offers a unique glimpse into the private life of his boyhood friend—his courtship with Carolyn, his relationship with his mother, Jackie, and his struggle with being the son of a great man he hardly remembered. Affectionate yet candid, Noonan’s deeply personal memoir ultimately emerges as the definitive portrait of the son of Camelot.

Protein engineering has had considerable impact on basic and applied research in biochemistry and molecular biology. It is already in use as a tool in molecular biology, but it is beginning to strongly influence the planning of experiments in biology everywhere, and, with even fur­ ther-reaching consequences, the appointment politics in research in­ stitutions and industries. Protein engineering, perhaps more than any other methods of protein analysis and peptide synthesis, has shown that proteins are organic molecules governed by the universal laws of chemistry and physics. How­ ever, as was the case with other new powerful methods and techniques, protein engineering tempts to an exploration of its limitations and thus generates more questions than it answers. The 39th Mosbacher Colloquium on Protein Structure and Protein Engi­ neering is not the first conference on this topic and it will not be the last. The important issues are obviously techniques of protein en­ gineering, examples of application, and the basic framework of protein structure and stability within which reasonable experiments can be de­ signed; conversely also, what we can learn about protein structure, dynamics, and folding from such experiments. Experiments in this direc­ tion aim at elucidating the folding code in the long run, but help to exploit the role of individual amino acid residues in catalysis, pro­ tein stability, and binding specificity in selected proteins now.

Protein engineering has had considerable impact on basic and applied research in biochemistry and molecular biology. It is already in use as a tool in molecular biology, but it is beginning to strongly influence the planning of experiments in biology everywhere, and, with even fur­ ther-reaching consequences, the appointment politics in research in­ stitutions and industries. Protein engineering, perhaps more than any other methods of protein analysis and peptide synthesis, has shown that proteins are organic molecules governed by the universal laws of chemistry and physics. How­ ever, as was the case with other new powerful methods and techniques, protein engineering tempts to an exploration of its limitations and thus generates more questions than it answers. The 39th Mosbacher Colloquium on Protein Structure and Protein Engi­ neering is not the first conference on this topic and it will not be the last. The important issues are obviously techniques of protein en­ gineering, examples of application, and the basic framework of protein structure and stability within which reasonable experiments can be de­ signed; conversely also, what we can learn about protein structure, dynamics, and folding from such experiments. Experiments in this direc­ tion aim at elucidating the folding code in the long run, but help to exploit the role of individual amino acid residues in catalysis, pro­ tein stability, and binding specificity in selected proteins now.

Kurz, witzig und unterhaltsam sind Robert Hubers kleine Geschichten über Persönlichkeiten, Epochen, spaßige und wunderliche Begebenheiten. Können Sie lachen über menschliche Schwächen, Unzulänglichkeiten unserer Welt, alltägliche Schwierigkeiten und Missgeschicke? Haben Sie die Begabung, heiter und gelassen zu reagieren?Robert Huber zieht alle Register des Witz-Genres, erzählt aus fremden Ländern und vergangenen Zeiten, mal Neues, mal Bekanntes, ein Quäntchen Heimatkolorit immer bei der Hand.Hier spricht ein großer Menschenfreund - aus einem Büchlein, das einfach gute Laune macht und mit geistreichen Pointen für fröhliche Stimmung sorgt.

Flüchtlinge sind kein neues Phänomen: Die letzten großen Flüchtlingswellen gab es im Zuge des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Auch die Familie von Robert Huber ist von diesem Schicksal betroffen und flieht von Ungarn über Österreich nach Deutschland. Später studiert er Betriebswirtschaftslehre, heiratet und zieht zusammen mit seiner Frau nach Hamburg, wo er bei der Firma Philips den Einstieg ins Berufsleben schafft. Es folgt eine internationale Karriere mit Stationen in den Niederlanden, Spanien und Österreich, gekrönt schließlich mit der Übertragung eines Geschäftsbereichs mit weltweiter Verantwortung im Rang eines Direktors.Eine solche Laufbahn ist nur möglich, wenn die Familie mitspielt. So ist sie für Robert Huber eine wesentliche Stütze in den ereignisreichen Jahren seines Berufslebens und spielt deshalb eine tragende Rolle in diesem Buch.