Chemist no. 211 of 350 · Biochemistry
Richard Henderson
1945-United KingdomNobel Chemistry 2017
Cryo-EM of biomolecules
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Richard Henderson and the Structure of Bacteriorhodopsin
How Richard Henderson used electron microscopy to solve the structure of bacteriorhodopsin, proving cryo-EM could reach near-atomic detail. 2017 Chemistry Nobel.
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Richard Henderson: The Scottish Scientist Who Proved Electron Microscopy Could See Atoms
Biography of Richard Henderson, Scottish molecular biologist who solved bacteriorhodopsin by electron microscopy and shared the 2017 Chemistry Nobel Prize.
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