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Max Ferdinand Perutz OM CH CBE FRS (19 May 1914 – 6 February 2002) was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin.
Max Ferdinand Perutz was born in Vienna on May 19th, 1914. Both his parents, Hugo Perutz and Dely Goldschmidt, came from families of textile manufacturers who had made their fortune in the 19th century by the introduction of mechanical spinning and weaving into the Austrian monarchy.
Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British biochemist, corecipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his X-ray diffraction analysis of the structure of hemoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues via blood cells. He shared the award with British.
Together with John Kendrew, Max Perutz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962, and his work launched a new era of medicine. Beyond intellectual brilliance, Max Perutz stands out as an ambassador for science, a humanist, and as an inspiration for young scientists.
Feb 6, 2002 · The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962. Born: 19 May 1914, Vienna, Austria. Died: 6 February 2002, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for their studies of the structures of globular proteins”. Prize share: 1/2.
Jun 2, 2009 · The Secret of Max Perutz’s Life. A personal portrait of the Nobel prize-winning crystallographer. bySage Ross. Max Perutz ( right) and John Kendrew with the “forest of rods” model of myoglobin, ca. 1960s. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
Feb 21, 2002 · Max Perutz, who died in Cambridge, UK, on 6 February, was one of the principal founders of molecular biology. He was the first person to find out how to determine protein structure by X-ray...
