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Institutions. National Institute for Medical Research. Imperial College London. University of Oxford. Thesis. The free amino groups of proteins (1948) Doctoral advisor. Frederick Sanger [2] Prof Rodney Robert Porter, CH, FRS [1] FRSE HFRCP (8 October 1917 – 6 September 1985) was a British biochemist [3] [4] and Nobel laureate.
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- Chemical structure of antibodies
Apr 2, 2024 · Rodney Robert Porter (born Oct. 8, 1917, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, Eng.—died Sept. 6, 1985, near Winchester, Hampshire) was a British biochemist who, with Gerald M. Edelman, received the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his contribution to the determination of the chemical structure of an antibody.
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Rodney R. Porter, Ph.D. Brief Bio. Rodney Robert Porter was born in Newton-le-Willows, near Liverpool on October 8, 1917. The son of a railway clerk, he once told an interviewer that he did not "know why I became interested in [science].
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Biographical. Rodney Robert Porter born 8 October 1917 at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England. He was educated at the Ashton-in-Makerfield Grammar School taking his Hons.B.Sc. (Biochemistry) in 1939 at the University of Liverpool and his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1948. After one year’s postdoctoral work at Cambridge ...
Department of Biochemistry PhD student (1946-1948, PhD awarded 1948). After graduating from the University of Liverpool, Rodney Robert Porter moved to Cambridge to become Frederick Sanger's first PhD student. His career was interrupted by the war in which he served with the Royal Army Service Corps, rising to the rank of Major.
Rodney. Porter. Born 8th October, 1917 ( Newton le Willows, Lancashire, United Kingdom) - Died 6th September, 1985 (Winchester, United Kingdom) Described by many colleagues as the father of modern immuno-chemistry, Rodney Porter was one of the most outstanding biochemists of his generation. He devoted his whole scientific life to the study of ...
Rodney Robert Porter. b.8 October 1917 d.6 September 1985. CH (1985) BSC Liverp (1939) PhD Cantab (1949) FRS (1964) Hon FRCP (1974) Nobel Laureate Medicine (1972) Rodney Porter was born at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, the son of Joseph and Isabel Porter. He died in a road accident while driving from Oxford to Plymouth just three weeks before ...
