Menten, Maude (1879–1960)
Menten, Maude (1879–1960)
Canadian histochemist and pathologist. Born Maude Leonora Menten, Mar 20, 1879, in Port Lambden, Ontario, Canada; died July 26, 1960, in Leamington, Ontario; University of Toronto, BA, 1904, MB in Medicine, 1907, MD, 1911; University of Chicago, PhD, 1916.
Was a fellow at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, studying effect of radium on tumors (1907–08); worked as demonstrator of physiology at University of Toronto; since women were not allowed to conduct research in Canadian universities, became research fellow at Rockefeller Institute and at Western Reserve University; joined Leonor Michaelis at University of Berlin to study enzyme kinetics (1912), resulting in the Michaelis-Menten Equation, which helped to shape field of biochemistry by providing scientists with manner in which to mathematically analyze observations and descriptions of biological reactions; went on to codevise the now-standard method of isolating and describing protein behavior; joined faculty at University of Pittsburgh (1918); became assistant professor of pathology there (1923), then associate professor (1925), while serving as clinical pathologist at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, but did not receive promotion to full professor until 1949 (1 year before retirement); returned to Canada (1950) and conducted cancer research at Medical Institute of British Columbia (1951–54); inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.