American Society of Biological Chemists

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American Society of Biological Chemists

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded 1906 by members of the American Physiological Society.

Founding Date:
1906

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Paul Berg Chemist 30-Jun-1926 Pioneer in recombinant DNA

Sune K. Bergström Scientist 10-Jan-1916 15-Aug-2004 Prostaglandins

Konrad Bloch Scientist 21-Jan-1912 15-Oct-2000 Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism

Paul D. Boyer Chemist 31-Jul-1918 ATP process

Michael S. Brown Biologist 13-Apr-1941 Metabolism of cholesterol

Carl Cori Scientist 5-Dec-1896 20-Oct-1984 Catalytic conversion of glycogen

Gerty Cori Scientist 15-Aug-1896 26-Oct-1967 Catalytic conversion of glycogen

Edward A. Doisy Scientist 3-Nov-1893 23-Oct-1986 Chemical structure of Vitamin K

Gerald M. Edelman Scientist 1-Jul-1929 Chemical structure of antibodies

Gertrude B. Elion Scientist 23-Jan-1918 21-Feb-1999 Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS

Paul A. Friedman Business c. 1942 CEO of Incyte

Joseph L. Goldstein Scientist 18-Apr-1940 Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism

Robert W. Holley Scientist 28-Jan-1922 11-Feb-1993 RNA's role in protein synthesis

Edward C. Kendall Scientist 8-Sep-1886 4-May-1972 Adrenocortical hormones

Arthur Kornberg Scientist 3-Mar-1918 26-Oct-2007 Synthesized DNA

William D. McElroy Biologist 22-Jan-1917 17-Feb-1999 Bioluminescence

Phillip A. Sharp Biologist 6-Jun-1944 Eukaryotic (split) genes

Carolyn W. Slayman Business c. 1936 Genetics professor at Yale

Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. Scientist 19-Nov-1915 9-Mar-1974 Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP)

George Wald Biologist 18-Nov-1906 12-Apr-1997 Physiology of the retina

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