Jacques Dubochet
Swiss chemist
Jacques Dubochet (born 8 June 1942)[1] is a retired Swiss biophysicist.[2][3] He was born in Aigle, Switzerland.
Jacques Dubochet | |
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.jpg) Dubochet in 2017 | |
| Born | 8 June 1942 |
| Citizenship | Switzerland |
| Education | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (BS) University of Geneva (MS) University of Geneva (PhD) University of Basel (PhD) |
| Known for | Cryo-electron microscopy |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Structural biology Cryo-electron microscopy |
| Institutions | European Molecular Biology Laboratory (1978-1987) University of Lausanne (since 1987) |
| Thesis | Contribution to the use of dark-field electron microscopy in biology (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eduard Kellenberger |
He is a former researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, and an honorary professor of biophysics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.[3][4]
In 2017, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson "for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution".[5][6]
References
change- ↑ "Members' Directory - EMBL". www.embl.it. European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ↑ Dubochet, Jacques (February 2016). "A Reminiscence about Early Times of Vitreous Water in Electron Cryomicroscopy". Biophysical Journal. 110 (4): 756–757. Bibcode:2016BpJ...110..756D. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2015.07.049. PMC 4775787. PMID 26362521.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wilson, Rosemary; Gristwood, Alan (24 August 2015). "Science, society & serendipity". European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ↑ "Nouveaux professeurs honoraires 2007" [New Honorary Professors] (PDF) (in French). University of Lausanne. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ↑ "The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Press Release". www.nobelprize.org. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ↑ "Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Cryo-Electron Microscopy". The New York Times. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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