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Encyclopedia > Max Perutz

Max Ferdinand Perutz, OM (May 19, 1914February 6, 2002) was an Austrian-British molecular biologist. For other Orders see Order of Merit (disambiguation). ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecular level. ...


He was born in Vienna in 1914. In 1936 he became a research student at the Cavendish Laboratory in a crystallography group directed by J. Bernal, and remained in Cambridge subsequently. Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Plaque The Cavendish Laboratory is Cambridge Universitys Department of Physics, and is part of the universitys School of Physical Sciences. ... Crystallography (from the Greek words crystallon = cold drop / frozen drop, with its meaning extending to all solids with some degree of transparency, and graphein = write) is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. ... John Desmond Bernal (1901–1971) was an Irish-born scientist (from Nenagh, County Tipperary), known for pioneering X-ray crystallography. ...


During World War II, he was asked to find a way to improve the structural qualities of ice for Project Habakkuk (a secret project to build an aircraft carrier made of ice) and investigated the recently invented mixture of ice and woodpulp known as pykrete. This article is becoming very long. ... The acronym ICE can refer to: InterCity Express, a German high-speed train InterCity Express (CityTrain), an interurban train used by QR CityTrain in South East Queensland, Australia Internal combustion engine, a fuel engine In-circuit emulator, a computer hardware device In case of emergency, emergency number in mobile phones... Project Habbakuk was a plan by the British in World War II to construct an unsinkable aircraft carrier out of ice, for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which was out of range of land-based planes. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... Pykrete is a composite material made of approximately 14 percent sawdust or some other form of wood pulp (such as paper) and 86 percent ice by weight. ...


In 1953 Perutz showed that the diffracted X-rays from protein crystals could be phased by comparing the patterns from crystals of the protein with and without heavy atoms attached. In 1959 he determined the molecular structure of the protein hemoglobin, which transports oxygen in the blood, using this method. In 1962 he received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, with John Kendrew. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... In the NATO phonetic alphabet, X-ray represents the letter X. An X-ray picture (radiograph) taken by Röntgen An X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength approximately in the range of 5 pm to 10 nanometers (corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 PHz... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 3-dimensional structure of hemoglobin. ... General Name, Symbol, Number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series Nonmetals, chalcogens Group, Period, Block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless (gas) very pale blue (liquid) Atomic mass 15. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


In the history of science, Perutz is also known as the nominal mentor of James D. Watson during the early 1950's, during which time Watson and Francis Crick determined the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Perutz established the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England in 1962 and was chairman until 1979. He remained active in research to the end of his life. From the mid-1980s on he was a regular reviewer/essayist for The New York Review of Books on biomedical subjects. Professor James Dewey Watson KBE(Hon) ForMemRS (born April 6, 1928) is one of the four discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule. ... Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick OM FRS (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) was an English physicist, molecular biologist and neuroscientist, most noted for being one of the four co-discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953. ... DNA replication Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid which carries genetic instructions for the biological development of all cellular forms of life and many viruses. ... Current MRC logo The Medical Research Council (MRC) is a UK organisation dedicated to promot[ing] the balanced development of medical and related biological research in the UK. // Organisation The MRC is one of eight Research Councils and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Office of Science and... This article is about Cambridge, England; see also other places called Cambridge. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a biweekly magazine on literature, culture, and current affairs published in New York which takes, as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity. ...


Max's flair for writing was a late development. Leo Perutz, the distinguished writer and a relative, once told Max when he was a boy that he would never be a writer, and so one of his most cherished awards was one for scientific writing. "I wish I had made you angry earlier" (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1998) contains a marvelous selection of his essays on science, scientists and humanity. [1] Leo Perutz (November 2, 1882 — August 25, 1957) was a German language novelist and mathematician. ...


Max and his wife Gisela's son, Robin Perutz, is a professor of chemistry at the University of York in England. This article is about the British university. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq...

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Books

  • Is Science Necessary: Essays on Science and Scientists
  • I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier: Essays on Science, Science, Scientists, and Humanity
  • Proteins and nucleic acids: structure and function.
  • Science is Not a Quiet Life: Unravelling the Atomic Mechanism of Haemoglobin
  • Glutamine Repeats and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Molecular Aspects
  • Protein Structure: A User's Guide
  • Le molecole dei viventi. Di Renzo Editore, Roma, 1998.
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References

  • Judson, Horace Freeland, The Eighth Day of Creation, Touchstone (New York), 1979, p. 170.
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External links

  • Biography by his colleagues at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
  • Freeview online video interview with Max Perutz provided by the Vega Science Trust (Approx 40 mins long)
  • Max Perutz's CV at the MRC Lab
  • Publications of Max Perutz
  • Nobel website biography
  • PhysicsWeb Max Perutz biographical article
  • Lawrence Bragg
  • Bragg and the founding of MRC Laboratory OF Molecular Biology
  • Max F. Perutz Laboratories (Universtity of Vienna & Medical University of Vienna)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Max Perutz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (610 words)
Perutz established the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England in 1962 and was chairman until 1979.
Leo Perutz, the distinguished writer and a relative, once told Max when he was a boy that he would never be a writer, and so one of his most cherished awards was one for scientific writing.
Max and his wife Gisela's son, Robin Perutz, is a professor of chemistry at the University of York in England.
BBC News | SCI/TECH | Science 'giant' Perutz dies (562 words)
Max Perutz, one of the great figures in modern molecular biology, has died at the age of 87.
Perutz's main contribution was to work out the structure of haemoglobin, the large molecule that carries oxygen through the blood, for which he shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1962.
Perutz pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography to study the structure of proteins, the large molecules the body uses to build and maintain itself.
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