David Shemin
David Shemin (born March 18, 1911 in New York , New York , † November 26, 1991 in Woods Hole , Massachusetts ) was an American biochemist . He is best known for his work on the biosynthesis of heme , vitamin B12 and chlorophyll , for which he used isotopes of nitrogen and carbon .
Life
Shemin graduated from the City College of New York , where he received a bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology in 1932 . At Columbia University he obtained in 1932 a Master in Chemistry and in 1938 at Robert M. Herbst a Ph.D. in biochemistry. As a postdoctoral fellow he worked with David Rittenberg at Columbia University and with Einar Hammersten at the Karolinska Institute . He then served on the faculty at Columbia University, where he stayed from 1944 to 1986. In 1968 Shemin moved to Northwestern University . From 1974 to 1979 he was chairman of the department for biochemistry and molecular biology and from 1975 to 1987 deputy director of the Center for Cancer Research . In 1979 he retired as professor emeritus , but was still scientifically active, including at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole , Massachusetts .
In 1956 and 1970 Shemin was on a Guggenheim fellowship . In 1958 he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences , in 1961 in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1962 as a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 1955 he was a Harvey Lecturer . Research stays and visiting professorships took him to the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1958/1959 and to the Weizmann Institute for Science in Rechovot in the early 1970s . From 1965 to 1965 he was editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry .
David Sherman was married to Mildred B. Sumpter's first marriage since 1937, who died in 1962. The couple had two daughters. In 1963, Shemin was married to Charlotte Former for the second time.
Almost thirty years after his death, Shemin's works, of which there are more than 100, are still regularly cited scientifically. According to the Scopus database , it has an h-index of 24 (as of May 2020) .
literature
- David Shemin, 80, Expert on Structure of Blood Molecules . In: The New York Times . November 28, 1991, p. D23 ( nytimes.com ).
- Nicole Kresge, Robert D. Simoni, Robert L. Hill: A Pathway for Heme Biosynthesis: the Work of David Shemin . In: Journal of Biological Chemistry . tape 281 , August 25, 2006, p. e28 ( jbc.org ).
Web links
- Live data, publications and Academic pedigree of David Shemin at academictree.org
- Shemin, David, 1911-1991 ; Archival and Manuscript Collections, Northwestern University (northwestern.edu)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Shemin. In: gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ David Shemin. In: nasonline.org. National Academy of Sciences , accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter S. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved on May 16, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Shemin, David. In: scopus.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shemin, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1991 |
| Place of death | Woods Hole , Massachusetts |