was appointed deputy director at the Research Centre for Molecular Biology and Medicine, the Association of Biosciences and Medical Support at the (East) German Academy of Sciences, where he had been a research assistant since 1967. During this period he was also teaching at the Humboldt. In 1970 he was appointed Professor for Experimental Pharmacology and a section head at the Academy. In 1974 he became deputy director at the Academy's National Institute for Molecular Biology. The East German Drugs Reseatch Institute was launched at Oehme's instigation in 1976. It operated under the auspices of the (East) German Academy of Sciences, and between 1977 and 1991 Prof. Dr. Peter Oehme served as its first (and only) director. His objective with the institute was to make Berlin - initially East Berlin - a world centre for drugs research and by some criteria he succeeded in this. In 1992 the Institute re-emerged as the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology ("Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie"). In 2016 Oehme retained his connections with it, contributing his services as a research group leader and project group leader. He also took on teaching contracts at the University of Potsdam and at the Humboldt. Work One focus of Peter Oehme's research work has involved the origins of stress reactions, and their relationships with stress and drug dependency. In particular, he has engaged with the operation of the neuropeptide Substance P in the stress response and the body's adaptation. Recognition and honours 1985 Corresponding member of the (East) German Academy of Sciences 1988 External member of the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences (since 1992 the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences) 1988 Awarded National Prize of the German Democratic Republic Class II (Sciences and technology) 1990 Full member of the (East) German Academy of Sciences 2014 External member of the Russian Academy of Sciences References Physicians from Leipzig German pharmacologists 20th-century German physicians East German physicians Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany 1937 births Living people Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin East German scientists