Aaron Klug 758556 224298904 2008-07-08T06:12:22Z Ginosbot 7020891 robot Modifying: [[ar:آرون كلوغ]] {{Infobox Scientist | name = Aaron Klug | image = Replace this image male.svg | image_width = 150px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1926|8|11}} | birth_place = [[:lt:Želva|Želva]], [[Lithuania]] | nationality = [[United Kingdom]] | field = [[Biophysics]], [[chemistry]] | work_institutions = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[electron crystallography|crystallographic electron microscopy]] | prizes =[[Image:Nobel prize medal.svg|20px]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], [[1982]] | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Sir Aaron Klug''', [[Order of Merit|OM]], [[President of the Royal Society|PRS]] (born [[11 August]] [[1926]]) is a [[Lithuania]]n-born [[United Kingdom|British]] [[chemist]] and [[biophysicist]], and winner of the [[1982]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for his development of [[electron crystallography|crystallographic electron microscopy]] and his structural elucidation of biologically important [[nucleic acid]]-protein complexes.<ref>{{cite press release | author=Nobel Foundation | title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982 | url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1982/index.html | publisher=The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | date=18 October 1982 | accessdate=2007-09-13}}</ref> ==Biography== Klug was born in [[:lt:Želva|Želva]], [[Lithuania]] to Jewish parents Lazar and Bella (née Silin) Klug with whom he moved to [[South Africa]] at the age of two. He later graduated with a degree in science at the [[University of Witwatersrand]] and studied [[crystallography]] at the [[University of Cape Town]] before moving to [[England]], completing his doctorate at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] in 1953. ==Career== Working with [[Rosalind Franklin]] in [[J. D. Bernal|John Bernal]]'s lab at [[Birkbeck]] aroused a lifelong interest in the study of [[virus]]es, and during his time there in the late 1950s he made discoveries in the structure of the [[tobacco mosaic virus]]. Over the following decade Klug used methods from [[X-ray diffraction]], microscopy and structural modelling to develop crystallographic electron microscopy in which a sequence of two-dimensional images of crystals taken from different angles are combined to produce three-dimensional images of the target. He was awarded the [[Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize]] from [[Columbia University]] in 1981. Between 1986 and 1996 he was director of the [[Laboratory of Molecular Biology]] in Cambridge, and was knighted in 1988. He was elected President of the [[Royal Society]], and served from 1995-2000. He was appointed [[Order of Merit|OM]] in 1995 - as is customary for Presidents of the Royal Society. He is also a member of the Board of Scientific Governors at [[The Scripps Research Institute]]. In 2005 he was awarded [[South Africa]]'s [[Order of Mapungubwe]] (gold) for exceptional achievements in medical science.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=National Orders awards 27 September 2005 | url=http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/orders/2005/klug.htm | publisher=State of South Africa | date=2005-09-29 | accessdate=2007-09-13}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:15003624 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15003624 |last=Amos |first=Linda A |last2=Finch |first2=John T |publication-date=2004 Mar |year=[[2004]] |title=Aaron Klug and the revolution in biomolecular structure determination. |volume=14 |issue=3 |periodical=Trends Cell Biol. |pages=148-52 |doi = 10.1016/j.tcb.2004.01.002 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:8088991 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8088991 |last=Shafrir |first=E |publication-date=1994 Sep |year=[[1994]] |title=Aaron Klug--a pioneer of crystallographic electron microscopy. |volume=30 |issue=9 |periodical=Isr. J. Med. Sci. |pages=734 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:8189761 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8189761 |last=Shampo |first=M A |last2=Kyle |first2=R A |publication-date=1994 Jun |year=[[1994]] |title=Sir Aaron Klug--Nobel Prize winner for chemistry. |volume=69 |issue=6 |periodical=Mayo Clin. Proc. |pages=556 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:6342048 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6342048 |last=Wakabayashi |first=K |publication-date=1983 Feb |year=[[1983]] |title=[Accomplishment of Dr. Aaron Klug, winner of Nobel prize in chemistry, 1982] |volume=28 |issue=2 |periodical=Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso |pages=156-7 }} ==External links== *[http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1982/klug-autobio.html Aaron Klug biography] at the [[Nobel Foundation]] *[http://www.vega.org.uk/video/programme/122 Aaron Klug interviews] with Harry Kroto *[http://www.weizmann.ac.il/ICS/booklet/11/pdf/klug.pdf Aaron Klug article ] by Bob Weintraub. *{{peoples Archive|id=6992|title=Sir Aaron Klug}} * [http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/horwitz/ The Official Site of Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize] {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry Laureates 1976-2000}} {{Royal Society presidents 1900s}} {{Persondata |NAME= Klug, Aaron |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= chemist, biophysicist |DATE OF BIRTH= August 11, 1926 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Želva, Lithuania |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Klug, Aaron}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge]] [[Category:Biophysicists]] [[Category:British chemists]] [[Category:British Jews]] [[Category:British people of South African descent]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:Jewish scientists]] [[Category:Lithuanian Jews]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the French Academy of Sciences]] [[Category:Members of the National Academy of Sciences]] [[Category:Members of the Order of Merit]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry]] [[Category:Presidents of the Royal Society]] [[Category:South African Jews]] [[Category:South African scientists]] [[Category:University of Cape Town alumni]] [[ar:آرون كلوغ]] [[ca:Aaron Klug]] [[de:Aaron Klug]] [[es:Aaron Klug]] [[eu:Aaron Klug]] [[fr:Aaron Klug]] [[id:Aaron Klug]] [[it:Aaron Klug]] [[he:אהרון קלוג]] [[lt:Aaron Klug]] [[ja:アーロン・クルーグ]] [[pl:Aaron Klug]] [[pt:Aaron Klug]] [[ro:Aaron Klug]] [[ru:Клуг, Аарон]] [[fi:Aaron Klug]] [[sv:Aaron Klug]]