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Foundation
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The
German Society for Parasitology - of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time -
was founded on September 26th, 1960 at the Hannover School of Veterinary Medicine
under its director Karl Enigk, who became the first chairman of the Society’s Council.
The Council comprised four executive and four associate members, all of them renowned
scientists. Later-on it was decided to include in the Council one associate member
either of the Swiss or of the Austrian Parasitological Societies, alternating every
two years.
Right from the beginning the Society consisted of representatives of biological, veterinarinary, and medical
sciences. Accordingly, the Society urged West German universities tho establish professorial chairs
for these three fields. In addition, the pharmaceutical industry put great effort into parasitological
research, in particular into the development of new chemotherapeutics and diagnostics.
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Parasitology before and after the reunion
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When the German Society for Parasitology was founded, it was planned to include in
the Council two scientists from the respective Society of the German Democratic Republic,
but for political reasons the assent of the East German collegues had to be withdrawn.
Instead, the "Parasitologische Gesellschaft der DDR" (Parasitological Society of the GDR)
was founded on October 10th, 1961. Its first President was Professor Borchert. Due
to the political situation, there were only limited scientific and personal contacts
between the two German societies. It was only after the reunion of the German states that
the two sister societies joined under the name of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parasitologie"
on September 21st, 1990. It has 530 members as of September 2002.
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Purpose of the DGP
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The aim of the German Society for Parasitology is the union of all scientifically
interested parasitologists in order to foster the advancement of parasitology through
professional collaboration, to exchange experience with other countries and to
support junior scientists. To this end, the Society holds a scientific conference
every 2 years and organizes interim symposia and workshops.
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