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Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS FMedSci HonFRMS (11 August 1926 – 20 November 2018) was a British biophysicist and chemist. He was a winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.
Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born British chemist who was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his investigations of the three-dimensional structure of viruses and other particles that are combinations of nucleic acids and proteins and for the development of crystallographic electron microscopy.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982 was awarded to Aaron Klug "for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes"
Nov 20, 2018 · Aaron Klug. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982. Born: 11 August 1926, Zelvas, Lithuania. Died: 20 November 2018. Affiliation at the time of the award: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Dec 12, 2018 · Aaron Klug solved the structures of macromolecules such as viruses, working with chemist Rosalind Franklin. He found the rules of the geometrical form of poliovirus and other...
- Kenneth Holmes
- 2018
Nov 21, 2018 · Aaron Klug, Director of the LMB from 1986 to 1996, President of The Royal Society from 1995 to 2000 and 1982 Nobel Laureate, died on Tuesday 20th November 2018. Aaron was instrumental in revealing the structures of complex biological molecules, from viruses to tRNA, to chromatin and zinc fingers.
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Jan 21, 2019 · Aaron Klug was one of the scientific giants of the twentieth century and a pioneer in the field of structural biology. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of...
