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Also known as Professor Sir John E. Walker FRS, Sir John Ernest Walker

moleküler biyolog, Birleşik Krallık

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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
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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
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Discography

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,463x

  2. Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>

    · 2015 · cited 75,873x

  3. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,565x

  4. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,889x

  5. 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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Instance of
human
Given name
Ernest
Family name
Walker
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Halifax
Languages spoken
English language
Noble title
Knight Bachelor
Doctoral advisor
Edward Abraham
Field of work
biochemistry
Image
John Ernest Walker.jpg
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date of birth
1941-01-07
birth name
John Ernest Walker
influenced by
Frederick Sanger
name in native language
John Ernest Walker
different from
John Walker
Commons category
John E. Walker
writing language
English language
interested in
molecular biology
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