Rodney Porter

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Nobel laureate biochemist human immunologist

Rodney Porter was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for elucidating the chemical structure of antibodies, which profoundly advanced the field of immunology.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
biochemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
immunologist ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Science ⓘ
PhD ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath road traffic collision ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-10-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1985-09-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Liverpool ⓘ
employer National Institute for Medical Research ⓘ
St Mary’s Hospital Medical School ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName Porter ⓘ
fieldOfWork biochemistry ⓘ
immunology ⓘ
fullName Rodney Porter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rodney Robert Porter
givenName Rodney ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Frederick Sanger ⓘ
influenced modern immunology ⓘ
knownFor elucidation of the chemical structure of antibodies ⓘ
papain digestion of antibodies ⓘ
work on immunoglobulins ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Academia Europaea ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
NobelPrizeSharedWith Gerald M. Edelman ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1972 ⓘ
notableStudent César Milstein ⓘ
surface form: Cesar Milstein
placeOfBirth Lancashire ⓘ
Newton-le-Willows ⓘ
placeOfDeath Winchester ⓘ
positionHeld Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied structure of antibodies ⓘ
usedMethod enzymatic cleavage of antibodies with papain ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Oxford ⓘ

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