Vincent du Vigneaud

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Vincent_du_Vigneaud
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Lasker_Award_for_Basic_Medical_Research
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Willard_Gibbs_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1901-05-18
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1978-12-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:White_Plains,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_Howard_Northrop
gptkbp:fieldOfWork biochemistry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vincent du Vigneaud
gptkbp:knownFor peptide hormone synthesis
sulfur compounds in biological systems
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for his work on biochemically important sulfur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1955
gptkbp:notableWork synthesis of oxytocin
gptkbp:occupation chemist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Zella_Zon_Ford
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_von_Eggers_Doering
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4