Asher Korner

Summary

Asher Korner (7 February 1929 – 22 September 1971) was a British biochemist.[4][5]

Asher Korner
Born(1929-02-07)7 February 1929
Died22 September 1971(1971-09-22) (aged 42)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Scientific career
Institutions
Doctoral students

Education edit

Korner was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained his PhD in 1957.[6]

Career and research edit

Korner became Director of Studies in Biochemistry at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was made a fellow in 1960 and served as a lecturer from 1960 to 1967.[7] During this time, Korner supervised the PhD of the future Nobel laureate Tim Hunt.[1][8] In 1967, Korner moved to the University of Sussex,[9][10][11] where he became the university's first professor of biochemistry.[12]

Awards and honours edit

Korner is commemorated at the University of Sussex through the Korner Travelling Fellowship Fund.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hunt, Richard Timothy (1969). The synthesis of haemoglobin (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 885437139.  
  2. ^ Hunter, Anthony Rex (1969). Aspects of mammalian protein synthesis (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 500479081.
  3. ^ Munro, A. J.; Korner, A. (1963). "Lack of Messenger RNA in Reticulocyte Cell-sap". Nature. 198 (4883): 891–892. Bibcode:1963Natur.198..891M. doi:10.1038/198891a0. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 13936645. S2CID 4268387.
  4. ^ "Obituary of Asher Korner, for The Times 1p typescript. | The National Archives". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. ^ Maynard Smith, John (1971). "Asher Korner obituary (in FOCUS - the magazine of the university of sussex" (PDF). sussex.ac.uk.
  6. ^ "Chemistry Tree - Asher Korner Details". Academictree.org. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  7. ^ Earl, Dcn; Korner, A (1965). "The Isolation and Properties of Cardiac Ribosomes and Polysomes". Biochemical Journal. 94 (3): 721–734. doi:10.1042/bj0940721. PMC 1206608. PMID 14340064.
  8. ^ "Nobel Prizes — Department of Biochemistry". Bioc.cam.ac.uk. 2 April 1933. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  9. ^ Mathews, Michael B.; Korner, Asher (1970). "Mammalian Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Directed by Viral Ribonucleic Acid". European Journal of Biochemistry. 17 (2): 328–338. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1970.tb01170.x. PMID 5500401.
  10. ^ Korner, A. (1970). "Hormonal Control of Protein Synthesis". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 176 (1044). London: Royal Society: 287–290. Bibcode:1970RSPSB.176..287K. doi:10.1098/rspb.1970.0047. PMID 4395099. S2CID 45945640.
  11. ^ Korner, Asher (1969). "The hormonal control of protein synthesis". Biochemical Journal. 115 (5): 30P.2–31P. doi:10.1042/bj1150030Pb. PMC 1185261. PMID 4311815.
  12. ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (2011), "Asher Korner", The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 533
  13. ^ "Korner Travelling Fellowship Fund". Retrieved 26 December 2015.