Aaron Klug
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Aaron Klug was a Nobel Prize–winning chemist and biophysicist renowned for developing crystallographic electron microscopy and elucidating the structures of complex biological molecules.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aaron Klug canonical | 6 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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biophysicist ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Royal Medal ⓘ |
| citizenship |
South Africa
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Lithuania ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-08-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-11-20 ⓘ |
| degree |
BSc in physics
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PhD in research on liquid metals ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
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University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ |
| employer |
Birkbeck, University of London
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surface form:
Birkbeck College, University of London
MRC LMB ⓘ
surface form:
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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| familyName | Klug ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biophysics
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chemistry ⓘ crystallography ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Aaron ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Francis Crick
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Max Perutz ⓘ Rosalind Franklin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of crystallographic electron microscopy
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elucidation of structures of complex biological molecules ⓘ work on nucleic acid–protein complexes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Order of Merit
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid–protein complexes ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Richard Henderson ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Želva ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
CAMBRIDGE
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surface form:
Cambridge
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| positionHeld |
Director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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President of the Royal Society ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
chromatin structure
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virus structure ⓘ |
| workLocation |
CAMBRIDGE
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surface form:
Cambridge
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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