biology

Johan Giesecke

Johan Giesecke is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Johan Giesecke rather than just read about it. In short: Johan Giesecke (born 9 September 1949) is a Swedish physician and Professor Emeritus at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Giesecke was born in Stockholm.

Key takeaways

Johan Giesecke belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Johan Giesecke to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Johan Giesecke from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Johan Giesecke (born 9 September 1949) is a Swedish physician and Professor Emeritus at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Giesecke was born in Stockholm. He defended his thesis, On The Molecular Structure Of Dopaminergic Substances, at the Karolinska Institute. He trained as an infectious disease clinician and worked with AIDS patients during the 1980s. Giesecke received an MSc in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1992, after which he worked as a Senior Lecturer at the school. From 1995 to 2005, Giesecke served as state epidemiologist of Sweden. During a one-year sabbatical 1999-2000 he led a group at the World Health Organization working on the revision of the International Health Regulations. After this, he was Chief Scientist at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control from 2005 to 2014. Since 2019 and as of 2022, Giesecke is a member of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards of the World Health Organization. He worked as an advisor to the Public Health Agency of Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.

Publications

English On The Molecular Structure Of Dopaminergic Substances (Balder, 1979) Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Edward Arnold, 1994)

Swedish Att förebygga HIV: Psykosocialt omhändertagande vid kontaktspårning (Studentlitteratur, 1991)

References

External links Johan Giesecke at Karolinska Institute

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Johan Giesecke

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Johan Giesecke claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Johan Giesecke before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Johan Giesecke ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Johan Giesecke

In research: Johan Giesecke appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Johan Giesecke in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Johan Giesecke is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1949 births, Academic staff of the Karolinska Institute, Academics of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Johan Giesecke outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Johan Giesecke in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Johan Giesecke in simple terms?

Johan Giesecke (born 9 September 1949) is a Swedish physician and Professor Emeritus at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Giesecke was born in Stockholm.

Why does Johan Giesecke matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Johan Giesecke?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Johan Giesecke.