Racker
Racker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Efraim Racker (1913–1991), Austrian biochemist * Heinrich Racker (1910–1961), Polish-Argentine psychoanalyst See also *Raker (surname) *Rucker (surname) Rucker or Rücker is a surname, and may refer to: * Sir Arthur William Rucker (1848–1915), British physicist * Atterson Rucker (1847-1924), American politician * Benjamin Rucker (1889–1934), African American stage magician * Darius Rucker (b ...

Efraim Racker
Efraim Racker (June 28, 1913 – September 9, 1991) was an Austrian biochemist who was responsible for identifying and purifying Factor 1 (F1), the first part of the ATP synthase enzyme to be characterised. F1 is only a part of a larger ATP synthase complex known as Complex V. It is a peripheral membrane protein attached to component Fo, which is integral to the membrane.Cox, Michael M. and David L. Nelson. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 4th Edition. New York: WH Freeman and Company. 2005 Early life Efraim Racker was born to a Jewish family in 1913 in Neu Sandez, Austrian Galicia), and grew up in Vienna. His elder brother, Heinrich Racker, was to become a famous psychoanalyst. Efraim Racker was studying medicine at the University of Vienna when Hitler invaded in 1938. Racker fled to Great Britain, where he took a job in a mental hospital in Wales. His research focused on the biochemical causes for mental diseases. During the war, Racker was given the opportunit ...
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Heinrich Racker
Heinrich Racker (1910, Poland – 28 January 1961, Buenos Aires) was a Polish-Argentine psychoanalyst of Austrian-Jewish origin.R. Horacio Etchegoyen, 'Heinrich Racker (1910-1961)', ''International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis''Reprinted onlineat answers.com. Escaping Nazism, he fled to Buenos Aires in 1939. Already a doctor in musicology and philosophy, he became a psychoanalyst, first under the direction of Jeanne Lampl-de Groot, and later working with Ángel Garma and Marie Langer in Argentina. His most important work is a study of the psychoanalytic technique known as transference and countertransference, which was published for the first time in 1968. His brother, Efraim Racker, was a famous biochemist. Works * "Observaciones sobre la contratransferencia como instrumento técnico," ''Revista de psicoanálisis de la Asociacíon psicoanalítica argentina'', 1951 * 'A contribution to the problem of countertransference', ''International Journal of Psycho-Analysis'' 34:4 ( ...
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Raker (surname)
Raker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Irma S. Raker (born 1938), American lawyer * John E. Raker (1863–1926), American lawyer and politician See also * Baker (surname) *Maker (surname) Maker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Joyce Maker, American politician *Michael J. Maker (born 1969), American horse trainer * Mike Maker (basketball) (born 1965), American basketball coach * A family of Australian basketba ... * Racker * Rakers {{Surname, Raker ...
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