From: Dave Husic <HH#3 at lafibm.lafayette.edu>
To: "A. Angerhofer" <an3%physik.uni-stuttgart.de at lafibm.lafayette.edu>
Cc: photosyn at net.bio.net
Subject: Nobel Laureates
> Subject: Nobel prize winners in photosynthesis
>> Dear readers of the photosynthesis list,
>> Can somebody please tell me how many Nobel prizes have been awarded in the
past
> to scientists in photosynthesis research, and give me the names and dates?
> I would like to use this information in a popular scientific article about
> photosynthesis research which I am currently writing.
>> Thank you very much for your efforts, Alex Angerhofer.
Govindjee responded with a list of names, and approximate dates. I list
below recipients of the Chemistry prize with work related to plant
science (loosely defined, not all photosynthesis), and the years of the
awards. Short summaries of their work can be found in a new book published by
the Am. Chem. Soc.,
"Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901-1992", Laylin James, ed.
Richard Martin Willstatter - 1915 - structural studies of Chlorophyll
Paul Karrer - 1937 - characterization of carotenoids and other plant pigments
Artturi Virtanen - 1945 - N assimilation in root nodules
James Sumner - 1946 - studies of jack bean urease
Wendell Stanley - 1946 - studies of tobacco mosaic virus
Robert Robinson - 1947 - studies of plant natural products, especially
alkaloids
Melvin Calvin - 1961 - the path of carbon in photosynthesis
Luis Leloir - 1970 - carbohydrate biosynthesis in plants and animals
Peter Mitchell - 1978 - chemiosmotic theory
Hartmut Michel, Johann Deisenhoffer, Robert Huber - 1988 - crystal
structure of photosynthetic reaction center
Who will be next?
Dave Husic-
Lafayette College
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