biology

Ruedi Aebersold

Ruedi Aebersold 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 Ruedi Aebersold rather than just read about it. In short: Rudolf Aebersold (better known as Ruedi Aebersold; born 12 September 1954) is a Swiss biologist, regarded as a pioneer in the fields of proteomics and systems biology. He has primarily researched techniques for measuring proteins in complex samples, in many cases via mass spectrometry.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Rudolf Aebersold (better known as Ruedi Aebersold; born 12 September 1954) is a Swiss biologist, regarded as a pioneer in the fields of proteomics and systems biology. He has primarily researched techniques for measuring proteins in complex samples, in many cases via mass spectrometry. Ruedi Aebersold is a professor of Systems biology at the Institute of Molecular Systems Biology (IMSB) in ETH Zurich. He was one of the founders of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington, United States where he previously had a research group. Aebersold is known for the development and application of targeted proteomics techniques in the field of biomedical research, in order to understand the function, interaction and localization of each protein in the cell and its changes in disease states. To this end, Ruedi Abersold has made significant contributions in the development and application of targeted proteomics methods, including selected reaction monitoring and data-independent acquisition. Ruedi Aebersold is also recognized for its contributions in the development of standard formats and open source software for the analysis and storage of mass spectrometry and proteomics data, and he is one of the inventors of the Isotope-Coded Affinity Tag (ICAT) technique for quantitative proteomics, a technique that measures the relative quantities of proteins between two sample by using tags containing stable isotopes of different masses. Aebersold is co-founder and scientific advisor of the companies ProteoMediX and Biognosys.

Honors and awards 2005 – HUPO Award 2006 – Buchner Medal 2008 – In recognition of his contribution to the field of protein sciences and proteomics the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) selected him for the ABRF 2008 Award. 2010 – Herbert A. Sober Lectureship 2010 – Otto Naegeli Prize 2012 – Thomson Medal Award 2014 – he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. 2015 – ranked #1 on the 2015 list of "most influential people in the analytical sciences" (by the Analytical Scientist) 2018 – Bijvoet Medal of the Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research of Utrecht University 2020 – Marcel Benoist Prize 2026 – Canada Gairdner International Award

References

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ruedi Aebersold

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ruedi Aebersold 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 Ruedi Aebersold 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 Ruedi Aebersold 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 Ruedi Aebersold

In research: Ruedi Aebersold 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 Ruedi Aebersold 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: Ruedi Aebersold is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1954 births, Academic staff of ETH Zurich, Bijvoet Medal recipients, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ruedi Aebersold 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.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Ruedi Aebersold” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Ruedi Aebersold in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Ruedi Aebersold means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Ruedi Aebersold out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Ruedi Aebersold in simple terms?

Why does Ruedi Aebersold 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 Ruedi Aebersold?

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 Ruedi Aebersold.