Hector F. DeLuca
Hector Floyd DeLuca (* 1930 ) is an American biochemist .
Live and act
De Luca grew up on a vegetable farm near Pueblo , Colorado . He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Colorado in 1951 and a Ph.D. from Harry Steenbock at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1955. in biochemistry . In the same year, Steenbock retired and DeLuca took over his laboratory. In 1959 he received a first professorship (assistant professor) in the department of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in 1965 a full professorship there. Since then he has been researching there as Harry Steenbock Research Professor . From 1970 to 1986 and from 1991 to 2005 he held the chair for biochemistry there. In 2011 he retired .
DeLuca dealt with the role of physiologically active food components, in particular with the metabolism and the molecular mechanisms of action of fat-soluble vitamins . In this way, DeLuca was able to make a significant contribution to the elucidation of the vitamin D metabolism. His focus was on the clinical application of the results of basic research ( translational medicine ). He also dealt with mechanisms of cell differentiation .
Awards (selection)
- 1965 Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1974 Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1975 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Colorado Boulder
- 1978 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1979 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1980 Harvey Lecturer
- 1980 Honorary Doctorate from the Medical College of Wisconsin
- 1982 William C. Rose Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
- 1985 Honorary doctorate from the Karolinska Institutet
Fonts (selection)
- The fat-soluble vitamins. University of Wisconsin Press, 1969
- Vitamin D. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, 1979
- Biochemistry. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, 1979
literature
- Nicole Kresge, Robert D. Simoni, Robert L. Hill: A Half-Century of Vitamin D: the Work of Hector F. DeLuca. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2006, Volume 281, p. E41. (On-line)
Web links
- Hector F DeLuca and awards from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (wisc.edu)
- Hector DeLuca, Wisconsin Academy Fellow at the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Lettres (wisconsinacademy.org)
Individual evidence
- ^ Hector F. DeLuca BA, MS, PhD at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved September 13, 2013
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF; 528 kB) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); Retrieved September 13, 2013
- ^ Hector F. DeLuca at the National Academy of Sciences (nasonline.org); Retrieved September 13, 2013
- ^ William C. Rose Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (asbmb.org); Retrieved September 13, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | DeLuca, Hector F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | DeLuca, Hector Floyd (full name); DeLuca, Hector; Deluca, Hector F .; Luca, Hector F. de; De Luca, Hector F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1930 |