Edmond H. Fischer
American-Swiss biochemist (1920–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edmond Henri Fischer (April 6, 1920 – August 27, 2021) was a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes.[3] From 2007 until 2014, he was the Honorary President of the World Cultural Council.[4][5][6][7] At the time of his death at age 101 in 2021, he was the oldest living Nobel Prize laureate.[8]
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Born | Edmond Henri Fischer (1920-04-06)April 6, 1920 |
Died | August 27, 2021(2021-08-27) (aged 101) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Geneva |
Known for | Protein phosphorylation |
Spouses | Nelly Gagnaux (died); Beverly Bullock |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Washington |
Thesis | La purification et l'isolement de l'alpha-amylase de pancréas (1947) |
Doctoral advisor | Kurt Heinrich Meyer |
Website | depts |
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