Leonor Michaelis
Leonor Michaelis · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who co-formulated the Michaelis-Menten equation of enzyme kinetics.
1875, Berlin, Germany — 1949, New York City, United States
Germany · Japan · United States
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Leonor Michaelis was a German biochemist and physician who, with Maud Menten, co-formulated the Michaelis-Menten equation in 1913, a cornerstone of enzyme kinetics still taught worldwide. He later worked in Japan and at the Rockefeller Institute in New York. Michaelis was born into a Jewish family in Berlin and left Germany for good as antisemitism rose.
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Biochemist who co-formulated the Michaelis-Menten equation of enzyme kinetics.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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