Hans Adolf Krebs ( German: Hans Adolf Krebs ; August 25, 1900 ; Hildesheim - November 22, 1981 , Oxford ) is a German-English biochemist .
| Hans Adolf Krebs | |
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| English Hans adolf krebs | |
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| Date of Birth | August 25, 1900 |
| Place of Birth | Hildesheim , Germany |
| Date of death | November 22, 1981 (81 years old) |
| Place of death | Oxford , England |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Scientific field | biochemistry , internal diseases |
| Place of work | Kaiser Wilhelm Society University of hamburg Cambridge university University of sheffield Oxford University |
| Alma mater | University of Gottingen University of Freiburg Humboldt University of Berlin University of hamburg |
| Academic degree | ( 1925 ), ( 1974 ), ( 1979 ) and ( 1932 ) |
| Known as | opened the urea cycle and the tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| Awards and prizes |  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 1953 )   |
Member of the Royal Society of London (1947) [3] , foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1964) [4] .
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Biography
Hans Adolf Krebs was born on August 25, 1900 into a Jewish family [5] . His father, Georg Krebs, was an operating otorhinolaryngologist, his mother was Alma Krebs (née Davidson). He was the middle of three children.
- 1919 - 1924 : studied in Göttingen , Freiburg , Munich , Berlin
- 1924 - 1930 : worked for Otto Warburg
- since 1930 : worked in a clinic
- 1932 - 1933 : taught at the University of Freiburg , from where, due to Jewish descent, he was fired after the Nazis came to power in April 1933.
- 1933 - 1935 : worked at Cambridge University , where he was admitted in July 1933 with the assistance of D. G. Hopkins .
- 1935 - 1954 : worked at the University of Sheffield
- 1954 - 1967 : worked at Oxford University
- since 1967 - professor at the Royal Hospital at Oxford .
Hans Adolf Krebs died on November 22, 1981 in Oxford.
Son - British zoologist John Krebs (born 1945).
Major works
He made a major contribution to the development of the tricarboxylic acid cycle (Krebs cycle) . In 1932 he described the ornithine cycle of urea synthesis in animal liver .
Awards and recognition
- 1953 - Albert Lasker Prize for Basic Medical Research , "For the discovery of the urea and citric acid cycles, which are basic to our understanding of how the body converts food into energy."
- 1953 - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Fritz Lipman ),“For opening the citric acid cycle .”
- 1954 - Royal Medal , "In recognition of his discovery of two key reactions in animal metabolism and for his distinguished contributions to the knowledge of cell energetics."
- 1958 - Knight Bachelor
- 1961 - Copley Medal , "In recognition of his distinguished contributions to biochemistry, in particular his work on the ornithine, tricarboxylic acid and glyoxylate cycles."
- 1969 -
- 1972 - Order of Pour le Mérite
The is named after him.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119070499 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 https://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Mitglieder/CV_Krebs_Hans_D.pdf
- ↑ Krebs; Sir; Hans Adolf (1900 - 1981 )
- ↑ Hans Krebs
- ↑ Biography of Hans Krebs
Literature
- Krebs (Krebs) Hans Adolph // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [30 t.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
Links
- Information on the website of the Nobel Committee
- Hans Adolf Krebs, August 25, 1900 - November 22, 1981 / Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1984 vol 30 pp 349–385, plate, by Sir Hans Kornberg and DH Williamson