Oliver Lowry

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Oliver Howe Lowry (born July 18, 1910 in Chicago , † June 29, 1996 in St. Louis ) was an American molecular biologist . Lowry developed quantitative measuring methods for tiny amounts of substances in the cellular and subcellular areas, such as a scale for individual cell components weighing just a millionth of a gram, and is the eponym of the protein determination according to Lowry . His 1951 paper on the method is the most widely cited scientific paper.

Life

Lowry studied chemical engineering and then biochemistry at Northwestern University ( Evanston ). After his bachelor's degree , he moved to the University of Chicago in 1932 , where he received his doctorate in biochemistry (Ph.D) and medicine (MD) in 1937. After teaching and research activities at Harvard and New York, he took over the chair of pharmacology at Washington University in 1947 , which he held until 1976. From 1955 to 1958 he was dean of the medical faculty. In 1957 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He retired in 1979.

Oliver Lowry has been married twice and has five children.

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His work Protein measurement with the folin phenol reagent , which arose from research at the Public Health Research Institute in New York, is considered the most cited scientific study in the world. Lowry has received numerous scientific awards. In 1957 he was appointed to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 1964 to the National Academy of Sciences , and 1968 to the Danish Academy of Sciences .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ N. Kresge, RD Simoni, RL Hill: The Most Highly Cited Paper in Publishing History: Protein Determination by Oliver H. Lowry . In: Journal of Biological Chemistry . 280, No. 28, 2005, p. E25.
  2. ↑ Richard Van Noorden: The top 100 papers. In: nature.com. October 29, 2014, accessed October 14, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Hubert Rehm : Simple and yet so complicated. In: Laborjournal . Issue 7–8, 2008, p. 38.
  4. ^ Up to 2014 his work 305.148 was cited. See Nature article "The top 100 papers" .
personal data
SURNAME Lowry, Oliver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lowry, Oliver Howe (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American molecular biologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1996
Place of death St. Louis , Missouri