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John E. Walker
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British biochemist (1941-)
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John Ernest Walker, born on 7 January 1941 in Halifax, is a British molecular biologist, chemist, and university teacher. His field of work is biochemistry. He was educated at St Catherine's College and held a doctoral position under Edward Abraham. Walker has been employed by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Oxford. He is a member of the Royal Society, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the National Academy of Sciences, and the European Molecular Biology Organization.
Walker has received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Copley Medal, and the title of Knight Bachelor. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society. His work has been influenced by Frederick Sanger. He writes in English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- An investigation of Landsat data as a base for development o f a forest damage assessment system (FORDAS)
- Peril of the Werewolf
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Group
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1972-10
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,463x
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 75,873x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,565x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,889x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,553x
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1997
“for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)”
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir John Ernest Walker (born 7 January 1941) is a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997. As of 2015 Walker is Emeritus Director and Professor at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Early life and education
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