Max Perutz

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry biophysicist human molecular biologist

Max Perutz was an Austrian-British molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering X-ray crystallography studies of hemoglobin and helping to found the field of molecular biology.

Aliases (2)

Max Ferdinand Perutz ×1
Perutz ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry → biophysicist → human → molecular biologist →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Order of Merit (United Kingdom) → Royal Medal →
birthDate	1914-05-19 →
birthPlace	Vienna, Austria-Hungary →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
coFounded	Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology →
countryOfCitizenship	Austria → United Kingdom →
deathDate	2002-02-06 →
educatedAt	University of Cambridge → University of Vienna →
employer	Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge → Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) →
familyName	Perutz →
fieldOfWork	X-ray crystallography → biochemistry → molecular biology → structural biology →
fullName	Max Ferdinand Perutz →
givenName	Max →
knownFor	elucidating the structure of hemoglobin → founding contributions to molecular biology → pioneering X-ray crystallographic studies of hemoglobin →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Pontifical Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
nobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry →
nobelPrizeMotivation	for their studies of the structures of globular proteins →
nobelPrizeYear	1962 →
notableStudent	Hugh Huxley → John Kendrew →
positionHeld	Chairman of the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology → Head of the MRC Unit for Molecular Biology in Cambridge →
researchSubject	allosteric regulation of hemoglobin → hemoglobin → protein structure →
residence	Cambridge, England →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	John Kendrew →
spouse	Gisela Clara Mathilde Peiser →
usedMethod	X-ray diffraction → isomorphous replacement in crystallography →
workInstitution	Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cavendish Laboratory →	associatedWithPerson
John Kendrew →	doctoralAdvisor
Max Perutz ("Perutz") →	familyName
Max Perutz ("Max Ferdinand Perutz") →	fullName
John Desmond Bernal →	influenced
MRC LMB →	notableScientist
Lawrence Bragg →	notableStudent
John Kendrew →	sharedNobelPrizeWith