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Severo Ochoa was born on September 24th 1905 at Luarca, Spain.
Severo has great interest in biology, which was influenced by the publications
of a neurologist named
Ramón y Cajal.
Severo graduated in 1929 and went to work under Otto Meyerhof to work on
biochemistry and physiology of muscle. Later on in his life, in 1932, he
went o London to work on his first problem in enzymology. He returned to
Madrid, Spain in 1934, and was appointed Severo times in many institutes and
universities. Three years before, he married Carmen Garcia Cobian.
He arrived in America in 1941 to work on his interest in
enzymatic mechanisms of oxidative metabolisms. due to this work, Severo
was appointed professor of many things such as Pharmacology and Biochemistry.
Due to this work, he has contributed to the understanding of carbohydrates
and fatty acids, the use of carbon dioxide and the biosynthesis of nucleic
acids.
He was awarded many medals and memberships. He won the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine in 1959. He became a citizen of the
United States of America in 1956. Sadly, Severo Ochoa died on November 1,
1993 with a lifetime of accomplishments which continue to help us till today. |
