Anfinsen, Christian

Research is tmder way to develop techniqnes that can determine the presence of one atom or molecnle in solution, to rednce the size of the instrumentation reqtiired, and to analyze the contents of a single cell. These new techniqnes hopefully will enable the early detection of disease, the remote sensing of a chemical spill, or the rapid analysis of water and air on space vehicles. SEE ALSO Lavoisier, Antoine Measurement Solution Chemistry. 

Harris, Daniel C. (2003). Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 6th edition. New York W. H. Freeman. 

Douglas A. Holler, F. James and Nieman, Timothy A. (1998). Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 5th edition. Orlando, FL Harcourt Brace College Publishers. 

Christian Boehmer Anfinsen was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1916. He earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1937 and an M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939. In 1943 he received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Harvard Medical School. He remained at Harvard for seven more years as an instructor and assistant professor of biological chemistry. In 1950 Anfinsen assumed the position of director of the Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Metabolism at the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This move led to a period of thirty years when he split his time between Harvard and the NIH until his retirement in 1981. 

Anfinsen began his work on the relationship between protein structure and enzyme function in the mid-1950s in collaboration with F. H. White 

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ANFINSEN, CHRISTIAN B. (1916-1995). An American biochemist who won the Nobel prize for chemistry- in 1972 for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and die biologically active conformation. He shared the Nobel prize with Stanford Moore and William H. Stein. His doctorate was granted from Harvard. 

Anfinsen, Christian Arrhenius, Svante Avery, Oswald Avogadro, Amedeo Baekeland, Leo Balmer, Johann Jakob Bardeen, John Becquerel, Antoine-Henri Berg, Paul... 

Anfinsen, Christian B. (1959). The Molecular Basis of Evolution. New York John Wiley. 

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Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer (1916-95) American biochemist who assisted in the sequencing of the 128-amino acid enzyme... 

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