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For natural biological molecules to interact effectively they need to identify that they are at the correct location, and the most effective means for achieving this lies in recognising their partner’s shape and the chemistry of their interaction. The best-known instance of this molecular recognition is the way in which enzymes are shaped exactly to…

Links to other sites Articles Buchen, L. (2011) Cell signalling caught in the act, Nature 475:273–274. Buchen, L. (2011) It’s all about the structure, Nature 476: 387–390. Williams, R. (2010) Robert Lefkowitz: Godfather of G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Circ. Res. 106:812–814. Videos Robert Lefkowitz celebrating the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Video lecture by Robert…

Ers Majestäter, Ers Kungliga högheter, Excellenser, Kära pristagare, Mina damer och herrar, Jag tackar för äran att ha tilldelats Nobelpriset i kemi tillsammans med professor Modrich och professor Sancar. The topic of my brief comments will be the crucial importance of our early mentors and teachers. I had the privilege of attending…

George Porter was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire on the 6th December 1920. He married Stella Jean Brooke on the 25th August 1949 and they have two sons, John and Andrew. His first education was at local primary and grammar schools and in 1938 he went, as Ackroyd Scholar, to Leeds University. His…

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Richard Kuhn was born in Vienna on December 3, 1900. His father, Richard Clemens Kuhn, was an engineer and “Hofrat”; his mother, Angelika Rodler, was a teacher in elementary schools. He was educated at the “Gymnasium” (grammar school). He studied chemistry at Vienna University and later at Munich under . He obtained his degree (D.Ph.)…