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Ernst Chain

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Ernst Chain

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Also known as Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain

Jewish-German-born British biochemist (1906–1979)

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Ernst Chain was a biochemist born in Germany in 1906 who became a British citizen and made important contributions to medicine during his lifetime until his death in 1979. He is historically significant as a Jewish scientist who worked during a period when many Jewish researchers faced persecution in Europe, and his work helped advance the field of biochemistry in the twentieth century.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1906
Works
5

Top works

  • Enzymatische Esterbildung und Esterspaltung
  • Food technology in the 1980s
  • A discussion on penicillin and related antibiotics
  • Penicillin
  • Social responsibility and the scientist in modern western society

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Type
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Origin
Australia
Active from
1968
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5 total works indexed

  1. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

    · 2019 · cited 20,887x

  2. Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range

    · 1968 · cited 13,427x

  3. Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

    · 2015 · cited 11,858x

  4. Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease

    · 2003 · cited 9,237x

  5. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

    · 2000 · cited 8,922x

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Quotes

  • “The future of medicine is safe in your hands.”

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1945

    “for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ernst
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Berlin
Place of death
Castlebar
Occupation
chemist
Educated at
Imperial College School of Medicine
Employer
Charité
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Judaism
Field of work
biochemistry
Image
Ernst Boris Chain 1945.jpg
Work location
Oxford
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member of
Académie Nationale de Médecine
Commons category
Ernst Boris Chain
date of birth
1906-06-19
date of death
1979-08-12
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
name in native language
Ernst Boris Chain
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Shell
archives at
Wellcome Library
interested in
biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Ernst Boris Chain (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".

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