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Lars Ernster

Who

Lars Ernster · Science & Medicine

What

Biochemist known for research on mitochondrial function and bioenergetics

When

1920, Budapest, Hungary — 1998, Stockholm, Sweden

Where

Hungary · Sweden

Biography

Lars Ernster is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist known for research on mitochondrial function and bioenergetics

How & why

Lars Ernster was a Hungarian-Swedish biochemist known for foundational research on mitochondrial function and bioenergetics—how cells convert nutrients into usable energy. Long a professor at Stockholm University, he served on the Nobel Foundation board and influenced the field internationally. He was Jewish, having fled antisemitic persecution in Hungary for Sweden in 1946.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Biochemist known for research on mitochondrial function and bioenergetics

1920

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science