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Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, FRS (/ k r ɛ b z, k r ɛ p s /, German: [hans ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈkʁeːps] ⓘ; 25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981) was a German-British biologist, physician and biochemist. He was a pioneer scientist in the study of cellular respiration , a biochemical process in living cells that extracts energy from food and oxygen and ...
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Mar 20, 2024 · Sir Hans Adolf Krebs was a German-born British biochemist who received (with Fritz Lipmann) the 1953 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery in living organisms of the series of chemical reactions known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle (also called the citric acid cycle, or Krebs.
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In 1954 he was appointed Whitley Professor of Biochemistry in the University of Oxford and the Medical Research Council’s Unit for Research in Cell Metabolism was transferred to Oxford. Professor Krebs’ researches have been mainly concerned with various aspects of intermediary metabolism.
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May 21, 2018 · Krebs, Sir Hans Adolf (1900–1981) German‐born biochemist; elucidated the pathways of urea synthesis (1932) and the citric acid cycle as the major pathway of intermediary metabolism (1937); performed first studies of requirements for vitamins A and C; Nobel Prize 1953.
Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Hans Adolf Krebs. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1953. Born: 25 August 1900, Hildesheim, Germany. Died: 22 November 1981, Oxford, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
3 days ago · (1900–1981)German-born British biochemist who discovered the tricarboxylic acid, or Krebs, cycle – the series of chemical reactions that are fundamental to the metabolism of living organisms. For this he was awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
About us. News. Undergraduate Teaching. Postgraduate Study. Research. Hans Adolf Krebs. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1953 for his discovery of the citric acid cycle, shared with Fritz Albert Lipmann. Department of Biochemistry Demonstrator (1933-1935).
