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David Keilin

Who

David Keilin · Science & Medicine

What

Biologist who discovered the cytochromes and their role in cellular respiration.

When

1887, Moscow, Russia — 1963, Cambridge, England

Where

Russia · Poland · United Kingdom

Biography

David Keilin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biologist who discovered the cytochromes and their role in cellular respiration.

How & why

David Keilin was a biologist who discovered (or rediscovered and named) the cytochromes, the respiratory pigments central to cellular respiration, revealing how cells use oxygen to release energy. He worked for decades at Cambridge, also making major contributions to parasitology. He was Jewish, born to a Polish Jewish family in Moscow.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

Contributions & Sources

Biologist who discovered the cytochromes and their role in cellular respiration.

1887

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology