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Konrad Emil Bloch
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German American biochemist (1912–2000)
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Konrad Emil Bloch was a German-born biochemist and chemist who later became a United States citizen. He worked as a university teacher at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and Florida State University. His professional locations included Munich, Davos, New York City, and Chicago. He was educated at Columbia University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and the Technical University of Munich, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy.
Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the National Medal of Science, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Ernest Guenther Award. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was a member of the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He spoke German and English. Born in Nysa in 1912, he died of heart failure in Lexington in 2000.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1964
“for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Konrad
- Family name
- Bloch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Nysa
- Place of death
- Lexington
- Occupation
- chemist
- Educated at
- Technical University of Munich
- Employer
- Florida State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Image
- Konrad Bloch.JPG
- Work location
- Cambridge
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- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- Konrad Bloch
- date of birth
- 1912-01-21
- date of death
- 2000-10-15
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- cause of death
- heart failure
- name in native language
- Konrad Emil Bloch
- P8168
- Ninoy Aquino
- manner of death
- natural causes
- interested in
- biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Konrad Emil Bloch ( German pronunciation: [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈblɔx] ; 21 January 1912 – 15 October 2000) was a German-American biochemist. Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964 (joint with Feodor Lynen) for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.
Life and career
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