Aaron Klug - Why Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) affected young people
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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2011 · Science & Technology
To listen to more of Aaron Klug’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj82HUS-e_I&list=PLVV0r6CmEsFy8Dwcp3nOeTAWKehW9bupo Sir Aaron Klug (b. 1926), a Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1982 for developments in electron microscopy and his work on complexes of nucleic acids and proteins. He studied crystallography at the University of Cape Town before moving to England, completing his doctorate in 1953 at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1981, he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. His long and influential career led to a knighthood in 1988. He was also elected President of the Royal Society, and served there from 1995-2000.
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