Max Perutz

Biologist and Nobel Prize laureate

Max Perutz - Biologist and Nobel Prize laureate
Born

May 19th, 1914
111 years ago

Died

February 6th, 2002
23 years ago — 87 years old

Category

Scientists & Innovators

Country

United Kingdom

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Austrian-English biologist specialized in the study of protein structure. Conducted pioneering research using X-ray crystallography to understand hemoglobin. Contributed significantly to the field of molecular biology through the elucidation of protein structure. Spent much of academic career at the University of Cambridge and founded the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962

Developed methodology for protein crystallography

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