Ulrich K. Laemmli

Ulrich K. Laemmli
Nationality Switzerland
Fields Biochemistry
Known for SDS-PAGE
Notable awards Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1996)
Marcel Benoist Prize (1988)

Ulrich K. Laemmli is a Professor in the biochemistry and molecular biology departments at University of Geneva. He is known for the refinement of SDS-PAGE, a widely used method for separating proteins based on their electrophoretic mobility.[1] His paper describing the method is among the most cited scholarly journal articles of all time.[2][3][4] His current research involves studying the structural organization of nuclei and chromatin within the cell.[5]

Major scientific contributions

Although electrophoresis was used to separate proteins before Laemmli's work, he made significant improvements to the method. The term "Laemmli buffer" is often used to describe an SDS-containing buffer that is used to prepare (denature) samples for SDS-PAGE.[1][6]

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 Laemmli UK (August 1970). "Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4". Nature. 227 (5259): 680–685. doi:10.1038/227680a0. PMID 5432063.
  2. ↑ "Bio Infobank Library-Kinetics". BioInfoBank Institute. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Garfield, Eugene (1998). "THE USE OF JOURNAL IMPACT FACTORS AND CITATION ANALYSIS FOR EVALUATION OF SCIENCE". The Scientist. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Garfield, Eugene (12 February 1990). "The most cited papers of all time" (PDF). Current Comments. 13 (7): 2–14. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "PROFESSOR ULRICH K. LAEMMLI". Geneva, Switzerland: Département de biologie moléculaire - Université de Genève. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "SDS-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)". Gainesville, FL: EnCor Biotechnology Inc. 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "The winners of the Louis-Jeantet Prize for medicine". Louis-Jeante Foundation. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  8. ↑ LEMPINEN, EDWARD W. (24 November 2006). "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows" (PDF). Science. AAAS. 314 (5803): 1256–60 [1258]. doi:10.1126/science.314.5803.1256. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  9. ↑ "2006 annual report" (PDF). AAAS. 2006. p. 22. Retrieved 7 January 2010.


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