Famous Biochemists - List of Famous Biochemists - page 6
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 | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Gerty Cori | August 15, 1896 | American | Gerty Theresa Cori was a Nobel Prize winning biochemist who discovered the catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Severo Ochoa | September 14, 1905 | Spanish | Severo Ochoa was a Spanish physician and biochemist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Charles Best | February 27, 1899 | Canadian, American | Charles Best was a great scientist and a renowned physiologist who is remembered for being the co-discoverer of insulin |
| Robert Huber | February 20, 1937 | German | Robert Huber is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate |
| Cesar Milstein | October 8, 1927 | Argentinian | Cesar Milstein was an Argentinian biochemist who received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of monoclonal antibody |
| Isaac Asimov | January 2, 1920 | American | Isaac Asimov was an American professor of biochemistry and a renowned author of science fiction and popular science books |
| Dorothy Hodgkin | May 12, 1910 | British | Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a Nobel Prize winning British biochemist, well-known for her work on the structure of penicillin, insulin and vitamin B12 |
| Louis Pasteur | December 27, 1822 | French | Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist who developed the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax |
| Luis Federico Leloir | September 6, 1906 | Argentinian | Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentinean physician and biochemist who won the Noble Prize for Chemistry in 1970 |
| Linus Pauling | February 28, 1901 | American | Linus Pauling was a scientist, chemist, bio-chemist and peace activist best known for his work in the field of ‘quantum chemistry’ and ‘molecular biology’ |
John James Rickard Macleod
John James Rickard Macleod was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist who is credited for the discovery of insulin
Albrecht Kossel
Albrecht Kossel was a distinguished German biochemist who received the ‘Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine’ in 1910.
Heinrich Otto Wieland
Heinrich Otto Wieland was an eminent German scientist who won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids
Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Fredrick Gowland Hopkins was a Nobel Prize winning biochemist who discovered vitamins
Gerty Cori
Gerty Theresa Cori was a Nobel Prize winning biochemist who discovered the catalytic conversion of glycogen
Frederick Sanger
Fredrick Sanger was a two time Nobel Prize winning biochemist, who discovered the ‘Sanger method’ for sequencing DNA
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a Nobel Prize winning British biochemist, well-known for her work on the structure of penicillin, insulin and vitamin B12
Har Gobind Khorana
Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American biochemist renowned for his research on role of nucleotides in protein synthesis for which he won the Nobel Prize
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
Otto Fritz Meyerhof was a German physician and biochemist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Medicine