Hans Krebs
25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs was a German-born British biochemist who discovered two fundamental metabolic pathways: the ornithine (urea) cycle and the citric acid cycle, the latter now known as the Krebs cycle. He shared the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for identifying the citric acid cycle. Forced to leave Nazi Germany, he built his career in Britain at Sheffield and Oxford.
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Life events
Born into a Jewish family; his father was an ear, nose, and throat surgeon.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted his medical studies before turning to biochemical research.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWith Kurt Henseleit he described the ornithine cycle of urea synthesis.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDismissed under Nazi racial laws, he moved to Britain to continue research at Cambridge.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIdentified the central metabolic pathway now known as the Krebs cycle while at Sheffield.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShared the prize with Fritz Lipmann for the discovery of the citric acid cycle.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMoved to the University of Oxford, where he continued his metabolic research.
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