Konrad Bloch

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Konrad Bloch was a German-American biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering research on the biosynthesis of cholesterol and fatty acids.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
biochemist
emigrant
human
university teacher
academicDegree PhD in biochemistry
awardReceived Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
causeOfEmigration Nazi persecution
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1912-01-21
dateOfDeath 2000-10-15
educatedAt Technische Hochschule München
University of Chicago
employer Columbia University
Harvard University
University of Chicago
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Bloch
fieldOfWork biochemistry
cholesterol biosynthesis
fatty acid biosynthesis
lipid metabolism
givenName Konrad
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Society of Biological Chemists
National Academy of Sciences
NobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine
NobelPrizeSharedWith Feodor Lynen
NobelPrizeYear 1964
notableFor research on the biosynthesis of cholesterol
research on the biosynthesis of fatty acids
notableStudent Michael S. Brown
notableWork elucidation of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway
use of isotopic tracers to study lipid metabolism
occupation biochemist
university professor
placeOfBirth Neisse
placeOfDeath Lexington, Massachusetts
positionHeld Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male
workLocation United States of America

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Bloch hasNotableBearer Konrad Bloch
Feodor Lynen sharesNobelPrizeWith Konrad Bloch