Home > Science and Technology > Biochemistry > Biochemistry: Biographies

Research topic:Sir Aaron Klug

Find more facts and information on our topic page about Sir Aaron Klug

Sir Aaron Klug

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Sir Aaron Klug , 1926-, British biochemist, b. Lithuania. Raised and educated in South Africa, he moved to England and completed his doctorate at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1953. In the 1950s, Klug began to study viruses and eventually used electron microscopy and structural modeling to study the three-dimensional nature of the polio virus and other viruses. It was for this work that he won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Author not available, KLUG, SIR AARON., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008

Find more facts and information related to the .
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Letters to the Editor ; ...the Editor Byline: General Lord Guthrie, Professor Sir Aaron Klug, Rt. Hon David Trimble, Lord Weidenfeld Edition; Daily...GENERAL LORD GUTHRIE OF CRAIGIEBANK (London) PROFESSOR SIR AARON KLUG, FRS (Cambridge) RT. HON DAVID TRIMBLE, MP, MLA (Belfast... Read more
	Cloning: First surgery could take place in 20 years Survey of government advisers and specialists reveals sharp divisions of opinion but most agree technical difficulties can be overcome ; ...and Embryology Authority, and Sir Aaron Klug, a Noble laureate and president...not in the UK", Dr McLaren said. Sir Aaron said the questions raised by the...early to raise this issue' Sir Aaron Klug `It will not be tried even if... Read more
	Geneticists protest at DNA of rice becoming a trade secret ; ...British Nobel laureates Sir Paul Nurse and Sir Aaron Klug, are up in arms against a plan to lock...with the accepted norms of the field". Sir Aaron said the Syngenta plan went against the...publish then you cannot claim the credit," Sir Aaron said. Chris Novak, of Syngenta, ... Read more
	Chemistry cutback opposed.(News) ; ...pressures could lead to similar closures in other science subjects. Sir Aaron Krug, Sir Harry Kroto and Sir John Cornforth are among 18 eminent...undergraduate chemistry while retaining postgraduate research. But Sir Aaron has dismissed as 'nonsense' the view that it is possible to... Read more
	It is Britain's pre-eminent medical journal. Now its reputation hangs on a single issue ; ...complaint of all came from Sir Aaron Klug, a Nobel laureate, distinguished...this paper should not have," Sir Aaron said yesterday. Publication...reputation of The Lancet", said Sir Aaron. "The Royal Society would...paper is based were flawed," Sir Aaron added. ... Read more
	Spending Review: More cash for science 'but it's not enough'.(National) ; ...good people into science, engineering and medical research.' Sir Aaron Klug, president of the Royal Society, said: 'We welcome the real-ter...going up from pounds 6,620 to pounds 9,000 a year by 2003-4. Sir Aaron added: 'We await with interest details of the settlements... Read more
	pounds 1bn may not be able to halt the brain drain ; ...Government-Wellcome infrastructure fund for British universities. Sir Aaron Klug, the president of the Royal Society, said the extra money...to make the best use of the laboratories and equipment," Sir Aaron said. John Enderby, the vice-president of the Royal Society... Read more
	Honour for genetic scientist ; ...blue plaque was unveiled at 44 Albert Street, Regent's Park, London, where Bernal lived and died. His former colleague Sir Aaron Klug, past president of the Royal Society - the world's oldest scientific academy - and winner of a Nobel Prize for chemistry... Read more
	Honour for genetic scientist. ; ...blue plaque was unveiled at 44 Albert Street, Regent's Park, London, where Bernal lived and died. His former colleague Sir Aaron Klug, past president of the Royal Society - the world's oldest scientific academy - and winner of a Nobel Prize for chemistry... Read more
	American firm `cheated' in race to map genome ; ...reliant on exploiting the public information of its rival. Sir Aaron Klug, a Nobel laureate and former president of the Royal Society...not independent. Asked whether that amounted to cheating, Sir Aaron replied: "That's what some people say, yes. I would say that... Read more