Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1946
Number:42 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Hans Adolf Krebs
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1900
Year, Death:1981
Profession:head of dept of Biochemistry, lecturer in pharmacology
University:University of Sheffield
City:Sheffield
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1953
 
Nominee 2:
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 3:
Name:Wendell M Stanley
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1904
Year, Death:1971
Profession:dr
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
 
Motivation:Krebs: Discovery of the mechanism of urea formation in mammals, oxidative decomposition of d-amino acids and carbohydrates. Northrop: Crystallization of enzymes (Trypsin, Pepsin). Stanley: Crystallization of viruses.
 
Nominator:
Name:Otto F Meyerhof
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1884
Year, Death:1951
Profession:prof biochemistry, Nobel Laureate med 1922
University:Pennsylvania
City:Philadelphia
State:PA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
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