PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded 1906 as the American Society of Biological Chemists, by members of the American Physiological Society. Renamed the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1987.

Founding Date:
1906

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sidney Altman	Chemist	7-May-1939		Proved enzyme role of RNA
Christian Anfinsen	Chemist	26-Mar-1916	14-May-1995	Protein structure and folding
Julius Axelrod	Chemist	30-May-1912	29-Dec-2004	Research of neurotransmitters
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-1957	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	17-May-2014	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
John C. Kendrew	Chemist	24-Mar-1917	23-Aug-1997	Determined structure of myoglobin
Arthur Kornberg	Scientist	3-Mar-1918	26-Oct-2007	Synthesized DNA
Salvador Luria	Biologist	13-Aug-1912	6-Feb-1991	Natural selection in bacteria
William D. McElroy	Biologist	22-Jan-1917	17-Feb-1999	Bioluminescence
Bruce Merrifield	Chemist	15-Jul-1921	14-May-2006	Synthesized polypeptides
Stanford Moore	Chemist	4-Sep-1913	23-Aug-1982	Amino-acid analyzer
Frederick Sanger	Chemist	13-Aug-1918	19-Nov-2013	Two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry
Phillip A. Sharp	Biologist	6-Jun-1944		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Carolyn W. Slayman	Business	c. 1936		Genetics professor at Yale
Wendell M. Stanley	Chemist	16-Aug-1904	15-Jun-1971	First to crystallize a virus
William H. Stein	Chemist	25-Jun-1911	2-Feb-1980	Amino-acid analyzer
James B. Sumner	Chemist	19-Nov-1887	12-Aug-1955	Crystallized enzymes
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.	Scientist	19-Nov-1915	9-Mar-1974	Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP)
Richard L. M. Synge	Chemist	28-Oct-1914	18-Aug-1994	Partition chromatography
Vincent du Vigneaud	Chemist	18-May-1901	11-Dec-1978	Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin
George Wald	Biologist	18-Nov-1906	12-Apr-1997	Physiology of the retina

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