Famous Biochemists - List of Famous Biochemists - page 5

Biochemists study the structure, composition, chemical processes and chemical reactions in living organisms. They analyze the chemical reactions in the cells and tissues of living things, study the expression of genes, and research on the effects of food, medicine and other substances on living tissues. Biochemistry is an interdisciplinary field and encompasses elements of molecular biology, molecular genetics, microbiology, and organic and inorganic chemistry. Pure research in biochemistry is conducted to further human knowledge of the subject while applied research is conducted to solve practical problems. The work of biochemists is applicable to a variety of fields like medicine, food science, agriculture and industry. In human and veterinary medicine, biochemists analyze drug function and mechanism, and help in the development of new drugs. Biochemists engaged in agriculture and food science determine the chemical composition of foods to explore different sources of nutritious food, and study the effects of herbicides and other chemicals on crop plants. They use advanced tools and techniques like radioactive isotopes, spectrophotometers, centrifuges, electron microscopes and specialized software to perform experiments. Browse this section to explore about the life and works of various famous biochemists from all over the world.

The Most Famous Biochemists

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Gerty CoriAugust 15, 1896AmericanGerty Theresa Cori was a Nobel Prize winning biochemist who discovered the catalytic conversion of glycogen
Severo OchoaSeptember 14, 1905SpanishSevero Ochoa was a Spanish physician and biochemist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Charles BestFebruary 27, 1899Canadian, AmericanCharles Best was a great scientist and a renowned physiologist who is remembered for being the co-discoverer of insulin
Robert HuberFebruary 20, 1937GermanRobert Huber is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate
Cesar MilsteinOctober 8, 1927ArgentinianCesar Milstein was an Argentinian biochemist who received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of monoclonal antibody
Isaac AsimovJanuary 2, 1920AmericanIsaac Asimov was an American professor of biochemistry and a renowned author of science fiction and popular science books
Dorothy HodgkinMay 12, 1910BritishDorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a Nobel Prize winning British biochemist, well-known for her work on the structure of penicillin, insulin and vitamin B12
Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822FrenchLouis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist who developed the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax
Luis Federico LeloirSeptember 6, 1906ArgentinianLuis Federico Leloir was an Argentinean physician and biochemist who won the Noble Prize for Chemistry in 1970
Linus PaulingFebruary 28, 1901AmericanLinus Pauling was a scientist, chemist, bio-chemist and peace activist best known for his work in the field of ‘quantum chemistry’ and ‘molecular biology’
Edward Lawrie Tatum

Edward Lawrie Tatum

Edward Lawrie Tatum was an American biochemist who won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Medicine

AmericanDecember 14, 1909113 views

Richard Kuhn

Richard Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist

GermanDecember 3, 1900150 views

Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen

Feodor Lynen was a German biochemist who jointly received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine’ in 1964

GermanApril 6, 191191 views

Edward Calvin Kendall

Edward Calvin Kendall was an American chemist known for his work with hormones of the adrenal gland

AmericanMarch 8, 1886115 views

Carl Ferdinand Cori

Carl Ferdinand Cori was a Czech biochemist and pharmacologist who won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine

CzechDecember 5, 1896189 views

Konrad Emil Bloch

Konrad Bloch was a German American biochemist who was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine’ in 1964

GermanJanuary 21, 1912103 views

Hans Adolf Krebs

Hans Adolf Krebs was a German-British biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953

GermanAugust 25, 1900119 views

Ernst Boris Chain

Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945

GermanJune 19, 1906124 views

Selman Waksman

Selman Waksman was a noted Russian-born American scientist who discovered the antibiotic streptomycin

UkrainianJuly 22, 1888176 views

Henrik Dam

Henrik Dam was a Danish biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943

DanishFebruary 21, 189593 views