Jens Christian Skou

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Jens Christian Skou was a Danish chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering the sodium-potassium pump, a fundamental mechanism in cell physiology.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
chemist
human
awardReceived Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
causeOfFame elucidation of the mechanism of active transport of sodium and potassium across cell membranes
countryOfBirth Denmark
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
dateOfBirth 1918-10-08
dateOfDeath 2018-05-28
educatedAt University of Copenhagen
employer Aarhus University
era 20th century
21st century
familyName Skou
fieldOfWork biochemistry
chemistry
physiology
givenName Jens
hasAcademicDiscipline cell physiology
physiological chemistry
hasCitizenship Kingdom of Denmark
linked to: Denmark
knownFor Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase research
discovery of the sodium-potassium pump
languageSpoken Danish
livedIn Aarhus
Lemvig
memberOf Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
name Jens Christian Skou
nationality Danish
NobelPrize.category Chemistry
NobelPrize.sharedWith John E. Walker
Paul D. Boyer
NobelPrize.year 1997
notableAchievement first demonstration of an ion-transporting ATPase in animal cells
occupation chemist
university teacher
placeOfBirth Lemvig
placeOfDeath Aarhus
positionHeld professor at Aarhus University
researchFocus ion pumps
membrane transport
sexOrGender male
workLocation Aarhus

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