List of biochemists 366443 222943903 2008-07-01T21:15:36Z Ednatate 7394898 /* P */ This page aims to list articles on about famous [[biochemist]]s. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see a biography that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page accordingly, even if you have no information at hand for a biography. </br> Note that the definition of biochemist is fairly loose here, and noted chemical biologists, biophysicists and others are included. The format for each entry is: * Name, (birth-death), Nationality, optional brief reason for fame - maybe including link. __NOTOC__ {{compactTOC}} == A == *[[Isaac Asimov]], (1920-1992), Russian-born American, prolific author of popular science, as well as science-fiction. *[[John E. Amoore]], British, Biochemist who postulated the stereochemical theory of [[olfaction]] in 1952. *[[William Astbury]], (1898-1961), British, pioneer in applying X-ray crystallography to biological molecules such as proteins == B == *[[Konrad Emil Bloch]], (1912-2000), German-American, [[1964]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[Paul D. Boyer]], (born 1918), American, studies on [[ATP synthase]], won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1997 *[[Adrian John Brown]], (1852-1920), British, pioneer in enzyme kinetics *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), German, [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] see [[fermentation (biochemistry)]] *[[Boris Pavlovich Belousov]] (1893 - 1970), USSR, chemist/biophysicist, [[Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction]]. == C == *[[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], (1896-1984), American, [[1947]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], [[glycogen]] research. *[[Gerty Cori]], (1896-1957), American, [[1947]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], [[glycogen]] research. *[[Peter Coveney]], UK, Computational molecular biology specialist. *[[Francis Crick]], (1916-2004), British, discovered the double helical structure of DNA == D == <!-- alphabetical order, please --> * [[Carl Peter Henrik Dam]] (1895-1976), Danish, [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[Revaz Dogonadze]] (1931-1985), [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]], Co-author of the quantum-mechanical model of [[Enzyme|Enzyme Catalysis]] * [[Jack Cecil Drummond]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1891-1952), isolation of [[Vitamin A]], wartime advisor on [[nutrition]] * [[Christian de Duve]], (born 1917), British-born Belgian, [[1974]] [[Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine]] == E == *[[Akira Endo (biochemist)|Akira Endo]], statins == F == *[[Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat]], (1910-1999), Polish, [[virus]] research. *[[Rosalind Franklin]], (1920-1958), X-ray crystallographer who helped determine the structure of DNA *[[Kazimierz Funk]], (1884-1967), Polish, see [[Vitamin]] == G == * [[Merrill Garnett]], (born 1930), American [[biochemist]] * [[David E. Green]], (1910 - 1983) pioneer in the study of [[enzyme]]s, particularly those involved in [[oxidative phosphorylation]]. * [[Frederick Griffith]], (1879 - 1941), British, discovered that DNA carried hereditary information. * [[Velu Ganapathy]], (1969- ), American [[bioengineer]] * [[Walter Gilbert]], (born 1932), American, [[1980]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], molecular biologist, see also [[Biogen]] * [[Duane Gish]], (???), ???, see [[Institute for Creation Research]]. == H == *[[John Scott Haldane]], (1860-1936), British, physiologist. *[[Dorothy Hodgkin]], (1910-1994), British, founder of [[protein]] [[crystallography]] and [[Nobel Prize]] winner *[[Frederick Gowland Hopkins]], (1861-1947), British, [[Nobel Prize]]-winner for the discovery of [[vitamin]]s *[[Arthur Harden]], (1865-1940), British, awarded a Nobel prize for studies on the enzymes of [[fermentation]] *[[Dr. W.L. Hubbell|Wayne L. Hubbell]], (born 1943), American, biochemist-pioneer of site-directed spin labeling == I == == J == == K == *[[Herman Kalckar]], (1908-1991), Danish, early work on [[cellular respiration]], nucleotide metabolism and galactose metabolism. *Sir [[Bernard Katz]] (1911-2003), German-born, [[1970]] [[Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine]] for work on nerve biochemistry and the [[pineal gland]]. *[[Stuart Alan Kauffman]], (born 1939), ???, *[[John Kendrew]], (1917-1997), British. Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962 for determining the first crystal structure of a protein, [[myoglobin]]. *Sir [[Ernest Kennaway]], (1881–1958), British. Early work on carcinogenic effects of hydrocarbons *[[Arthur Kornberg]], (1918-2007) American biochemist, won the Nobel Prize in 1959 for discovery of DNA polymerase. *Sir [[Hans Kornberg]], (born 1928), British. Microbial biochemistry *[[Roger D. Kornberg]], American biochemist, won the Nobel Prize in 2006 for studies on RNA polymerase. *[[Thomas B. Kornberg]], American biochemist *Sir [[Hans Adolf Krebs]], (1900-1981), German, [[1953]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] see [[Krebs cycle]] == L == *[[Phoebus Levene]], (1869-1940), Russian, discovered that DNA was composed of nucleobases and phosphate. * [[Choh Hao Li]] ([[1913]]-[[1987]]) Known for discovering and synthesizing the [[human]] [[pituitary]] growth [[hormone]]. == M == *[[John James Richard Macleod]], (1876-1935), American, [[1923]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], discovery of [[Insulin]]. *[[Thaddeus Mann]], (1908-1993), British reproductive biologist. *[[Harden M. McConnell]], (born 1927) American biochemist *[[Alister McGrath]] (born 1953) British theologian *[[Maude Menten]], (1879-1960) Canadian, early work on [[enzyme kinetics]]. *[[Friedrich Miescher]], (1844-1895) first scientist to isolate [[DNA]] *[[Peter Mitchell (Chemist)|Peter Mitchell]], (1920-1992) British, [[1978]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] *[[Leonor Michaelis]], (1875-1949) German, early work on [[enzyme kinetics]]. *[[Jacques Monod]], (1910-1976), French, [[1965]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[Kary Mullis]], (born 1944), American, [[1993]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] see [[Polymerase chain reaction]] *[[Elmer Verner McCollum]] ([[1879]]-[[1967]]) Co-Discovered [[Vitamins]] A and D and their benefits == N == *[[David Nachmansohn]], (1899-1983), German, responsible for elucidating the role of phosphocreatine in energy production in the muscles. *[[Joseph Needham]], (1900—1995), British, studied the history of Chinese science *[[Carl Neuberg]], (1877-1956), German, pioneer in the study of [[metabolism]]. *[[Marshall Warren Nirenberg]], (born 1927), American, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine *[[Paul Nurse]], (born 1949), British, awarded a Nobel prize for studies on the control of the [[cell cycle]] == O == *[[Frank Olsen]], (?-1953), American, Non-consenting subject of [[CIA]] [[MKULTRA]] == P == *[[Jakub Karol Parnas]], (1984-1949), Polish - Soviet, major contributor to the discovery of [[glycolysis]] *[[Linus Pauling]], (1901-1994) American, [[1954]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] *[[Louis Pasteur]], (1822-1895), French, Pioneer in [[microbiology]] and [[stereochemistry]] *[[Max Perutz]], (1914-2002), British, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962 for solving the crystal structure of [[hemoglobin]] *[[David Andrew Phoenix]], (Born 1966), British, Structure-function relationships of [[amphiphilic]] [[peptides]] == Q == *[[Judah Hirsch Quastel]], (1899-1987), British-Canadian, neurochemistry, soil metabolism, cell metabolism, and cancer. == R == *[[David Rittenberg]], (1906–1970), US, pioneer in the use of [[radioactive tracer]]s in [[molecule]]s *[[Dr R.H Sankhala]], (1922–1999), India, Double Ph.D (Organic Chemistry & Bio-Chemistry) *[[Jane S. Richardson]], (1941– ), US, developer of the [[ribbon diagram]] == S == * [[Frederick Sanger]] (born 1918), two Nobel prizes for [[DNA sequencing]] and [[protein sequencing]]. *[[Rudolph Schoenheimer]] (1898 - 1941), German/US, pioneer of [[radioactive]] ''tagging'' of [[molecule]]s *[[Raj Shankar]], (1947-2000), Indian Neurobiochemist, Work on: Cerebral Metabolism , [[Signal transduction]] and for establishing that there is phosphorylation related folding problem of proteins in Alzheimer's disease. *[[Alexander Shulgin]], (Born 1925), Russian/American pharmacologist, popularized [[MDMA]] in America, and work with various [[psychoactive drugs]] == T == == V == *[[Angela Vincent]], (born ?), British, Autoimmune and genetic disorders. *[[Frederic Vester]], (1925-2003), German, Author and ecologist. *[[John Craig Venter]], (born 1946), American, [[Human Genome Project]]. == W == *[[Selman Waksman]], (1888-1973), Russian, biochemist. *[[James D. Watson]], (born 1928), American, discovered the double helical structure of DNA *[[Maurice Wilkins]], (1916-2004), British, discovered the double helical structure of DNA *[[Friedrich Woehler|Friedrich Wöhler]], (1810-1882), German, chemist. == X == == Y == ==Z== ==See also== [[List of geneticists]] [[Category:Lists of scientists|Biochemists]] [[Category:Biochemists| ]]