Died 2009-12-21.
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Edwin G. Krebs
Edwin Gerhard Krebs was an American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman and, together with his collaborator Edmond H. Fischer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate pr…
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science · American biochemist (1918–2009) · biochemist · chemist · university teacher · physician · also Edwin G. Krebs, Edwin Gerhard Krebs, Krebs
Born 6 June 1918 · Died 21 December 2009 · Q109731
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1998).
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1992· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1992).
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For describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes
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For the discovery of reversible protein phosphorylation
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Welch Award in Chemistry (1991).
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1989· 3 entries
Awarded Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1989).
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Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1989).
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Together with Alfred Gilman and, together with his collaborator Edmond H
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Returned to the University of Washington as chairman of the department of pharmacology
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1953· 1 entry
The pair decided to work on the enzymology of phosphorylase
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1948· 2 entries
Studied at Washington University in St. Louis (1946–1948).
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Krebs accepted a position as assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle
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1946· 1 entry
And was unable to immediately return to hospital work; he was advised to study basic science instead
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1943· 2 entries
Undertook an 18-month residency at Barnes Hospital in St
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Studied at Washington University School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine (1940–1943).
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1940· 1 entry
Studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bachelor of Science (1936–1940).
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1918· 1 entry
Born 1918-06-06.
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