Jens Christian Skou

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Jens Christian Skou was a Danish chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering the sodium-potassium pump, a fundamental mechanism in cell physiology.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
chemist
human
awardReceived Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED
causeOfFame elucidation of the mechanism of active transport of sodium and potassium across cell membranes
countryOfBirth Denmark NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
dateOfBirth 1918-10-08
dateOfDeath 2018-05-28
educatedAt University of Copenhagen NERFINISHED
employer Aarhus University NERFINISHED
era 20th century
21st century
familyName Skou NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork biochemistry
chemistry
physiology
givenName Jens NERFINISHED
hasAcademicDiscipline cell physiology
physiological chemistry
hasCitizenship Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED
knownFor Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase research
discovery of the sodium-potassium pump
languageSpoken Danish
livedIn Aarhus NERFINISHED
Lemvig NERFINISHED
memberOf Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters NERFINISHED
name Jens Christian Skou NERFINISHED
nationality Danish
NobelPrize.category Chemistry
NobelPrize.sharedWith John E. Walker NERFINISHED
Paul D. Boyer NERFINISHED
NobelPrize.year 1997
notableAchievement first demonstration of an ion-transporting ATPase in animal cells
occupation chemist
university teacher
placeOfBirth Lemvig NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Aarhus NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor at Aarhus University
researchFocus ion pumps
membrane transport
sexOrGender male
workLocation Aarhus NERFINISHED

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