When was Hans Krebs born?

Hans Krebs was born on 25 August 1900 in Hildesheim.

What positions has Hans Krebs held?

Positions held by Hans Krebs include: professor.

Where did Hans Krebs study?

Hans Krebs was educated at University of Göttingen, University of Freiburg, University of Hamburg, LMU Munich.

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Hans Krebs

German-British biochemist (1900-1981)

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Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, FRS (, German: [hans ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈkʁeːps] ; 25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981) was a German-British biologist, physician and biochemist. He was a pioneer scientist in the study of cellular respiration, a biochemical process in living cells that extracts energy from food and oxygen and makes it available to drive the processes of life. He is best known for his discoveries of two important sequences of chemical reactions that take place in the cells of nearly all organisms, including humans, other than anaerobic microorganisms, namely the citric acid cycle and the urea cycle. The former, often eponymously known as the "Krebs cycle", is the sequence of metabolic reactions that allows cells of oxygen-respiring organisms to obtain far more ATP from the food they consume than anaerobic processes such as glycolysis can supply; and its discovery earned Krebs a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953. With Hans Kornberg, he also discovered the glyoxylate cycle, a slight variation of the citric acid cycle found in plants, bacteria, protists, and fungi.

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Born: 25 August 1900 wd
Place of birth: Hildesheim wd
Died: 22 November 1981 wd
Place of death: Oxford wd
Citizenship: Germany, United Kingdom wd
Occupation: biochemist, physician, university teacher, Whitley Professor of Biochemistry, physiologist, biologist wd
Education: University of Göttingen, University of Freiburg, University of Hamburg, LMU Munich, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Gymnasium Andreanum wd

Positions held wd

professor

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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1953)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1953)
Royal Medal (1954)
doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1956)
honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1960)
Copley Medal (1961)
Croonian Medal and Lecture (1963)
honorary citizen of Hildesheim (1966)
honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1966)
Otto Warburg Medal (1969)
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1972)
honorary doctor of the University of Valencia (1975)
honorary doctorate of the University of Granada
Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Bachelor

About

Krebs died in 1981 in Oxford, where he had spent 13 years of his career from 1954 until his retirement in 1967 at the University of Oxford.

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When was Hans Krebs born?: Hans Krebs was born on 25 August 1900 in Hildesheim.
What positions has Hans Krebs held?: Positions held by Hans Krebs include: professor.
Where did Hans Krebs study?: Hans Krebs was educated at University of Göttingen, University of Freiburg, University of Hamburg, LMU Munich.

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