List of biochemists
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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.
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== 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 ==
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* [[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.
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== Y ==
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==See also==
[[List of geneticists]]
[[Category:Lists of scientists|Biochemists]]
[[Category:Biochemists| ]]