Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
Year: | 1939 |
Number: | 60 - 0 |
Nominee 1: |
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Name: | John H Northrop |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1891 |
Year, Death: | 1987 |
Profession: | dept head |
University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) |
City: | New York |
State: | NY |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 | |
Nominee 2: |
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Name: | James B Sumner |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1887 |
Year, Death: | 1955 |
Profession: | prof biochemistry |
University: | Cornell University |
City: | Ithaca |
State: | NY |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 | |
Motivation: | Northrop: The purification, crystallization and method of action of pepsin and trypsin, as well as the purification of their pro-enzymes. Sumner: The purification and crystallization of the enzyme urease and the study of its action. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Carl F Cori |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1896 |
Year, Death: | 1984 |
Profession: | prof pharmacology, Nobel Laureate med 1947 |
University: | Washington |
City: | Saint Louis |
State: | MO |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Comments: | Evaluation 1: Northrop Evaluation 2: Sumner |
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