Chemist no. 68 of 350 · Biochemistry

Max Perutz

1914-2002Austria/United KingdomNobel Chemistry 1962

Structure of haemoglobin

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Max Perutz and the Structure of Haemoglobin: How Blood Carries Oxygen

How Max Perutz solved the structure of haemoglobin by X-ray crystallography and explained cooperative oxygen binding. Notes for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Max Perutz: The Patient Scientist Who Solved Haemoglobin

Biography of Max Perutz (1914-2002): Vienna childhood, wartime internment, 22 years on haemoglobin, Nobel Prize 1962 and founding the MRC LMB.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

Teachers
J. D. Bernaldoctoral
Students
John KendrewmentorFrancis Crickdoctoral