Mahlon Hoagland

Mahlon Bush Hoagland (born October 5, 1921 in Boston , Massachusetts , † September 18, 2009 in Thetford , Vermont ) was an American biochemist , molecular biologist and university professor .

biography

Mahlon was the son of the neuroscientist Hudson Hoagland (1899-1982) and his wife Anna. After attending school, Hoagland studied medicine at Harvard University and was subsequently visiting researcher at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge . After returning to the United States in 1952, he became a researcher in the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology at Harvard Medical School.

In 1967 he took a position as professor of biochemistry at Dartmouth College in Hanover (New Hampshire) and taught there until 1985. At the same time he was Scientific Director of the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology between 1970 and 1985.

During his work as a researcher and university professor, he was particularly concerned with the causes of cancer , liver regeneration and growth control. However, his most important scientific contribution was his acknowledgment that in the protein synthesis of the carrier for each amino acid by an RNA - transcription is identified. He also described the role amino acids play in protein synthesis and the formation of ester compounds. In doing so, he created fundamental knowledge in DNA research.

In 1976 he was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal for his findings . In 1958 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , and in 1984 to the National Academy of Sciences .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marquis Who's Who, Inc: Who's who in frontiers of science and technology, Volume 2, page 223, Marquis Who's Who, 1985 ISBN 0837957028

Sources and web links

• Chambers Biographical Dictionary , pp. 733, Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2
• VPR NEWS: Molecular biologist Mahlon Hoagland dies at 87 (September 24, 2009)
• NEW YORK TIMES: Mahlon Hoagland, RNA Expert, Dies at 87 (October 1, 2009)