Jacques Monod

Jacques Monod

male, deceased (1976)
French, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, atheist, bacterium, writer, Nobel Prize…glucose
Jacques Lucien Monod was a French biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965. Born in Paris, he was also awarded...
Carl Neuberg

Carl Neuberg

male, deceased (1956)
Jewish, University of Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, glycerol, Biochemische Zeitschrift, Carl Alexander Neuberg…glucose
Carl Alexander Neuberg (1877-1956) was an early pioneer in biochemistry, and often referred to as the Father of Biochemistry. He was the first...
Gerty Cori

Gerty Cori

female, deceased (1957)
Charles University alumni, Washington University faculty, Biochemist, scientist, czech, Jewish person…glucose
Dr. Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz was an American biochemist born in Prague (then Austria-Hungary) who, together with her husband Carl Ferdinand C...
Carl Ferdinand Cori

Carl Ferdinand Cori

male, deceased (1984)
Charles University alumni, Czech-American, expatriate, czech, heart, Jewish person…glucose
Carl Ferdinand Cori (December 5, 1896 - October 20, 1984) was an American biochemist born in Prague (then in Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic)...

Ernst T. Krebs

male, deceased (1996)
anticancer, benzaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide, glucose, drug, whiskey
Ernst T. Krebs, Jr. (born 1912, died 1996) was a chemist best known for popularizing two substances as purported vitamins and cures: * Amygdalin...
Bernardo Houssay

Bernardo Houssay

male, deceased (1971)
French-Argentine, Physiologist, argentine, Nobel Prize winner, pituitary, carl…glucose
Bernardo Alberto Houssay (April 10, 1887 - September 21, 1971) was an Argentine physiologist who received (with Carl and Gerty Cori) the 1947 Nobel...
Arthur Harden

Arthur Harden

male, deceased (1940)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Tettenhall College, Owens College, Lister Institute, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry…glucose
Arthur Harden (October 12 1865-June 17 1940) was an English biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Hans Karl August Simon...
Gustav Embden

Gustav Embden

male, deceased (1933)
German, Chemist, cellular, Diabetes, glucose, metabolism
Gustav Georg Embden (November 10th, 1874 - July 25th, 1933) was a German chemist who conducted studies on carbohydrate metabolism and muscle...

Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure

male, deceased (1845)
Alpine, Swiss, Chemist, water, photosynthesis, carbon dioxide…glucose
Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure was a Swiss chemist and student of plant physiology who made seminal advances in phytochemistry. The eldest son of H...
Luis Federico Leloir

Luis Federico Leloir

male, deceased (1987)
Nobel Prize, renal, nucleotides, Mario Molina, hypertension, French-Argentine…glucose
Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Along with Mario Molina, he is one of...