Who is it? | Biochemist |
Birth Day | April 06, 1920 |
Birth Place | Shanghai, China, United States |
Age | 100 YEARS OLD |
Birth Sign | Taurus |
Alma mater | University of Geneva |
Known for | Phosphorylation |
Awards | National Academy of Sciences member (1973) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1992) ForMemRS (2010) |
Institutions | University of Washington |
Thesis | La purification et l'isolement de l'alpha-amylase de pancréas (1947) |
Doctoral advisor | Kurt Heinrich Meyer |
Doctoral students | Edwin G. Krebs |
Website | depts.washington.edu/biowww/pages/faculty-Fischer.shtml |
Fischer won numerous awards including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2010. He was award the Werner Prize from the Swiss Chemical Society and the Prix Jaubert from the University of Geneva. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972 and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1973.
After his PhD, Fischer went to the United States in 1950 for postdoctoral research. He was supposed to take up a position at Caltech, but he was also, unexpectedly, offered a position at the University of Washington, Seattle. Seattle reminded Fischer and his wife of Switzerland so they chose to settle there.
Fischer won numerous awards including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2010. He was award the Werner Prize from the Swiss Chemical Society and the Prix Jaubert from the University of Geneva. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972 and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1973.