Lubert Stryer
Lubert Stryer · Science & Medicine
Biochemist, author of a leading biochemistry textbook, who elucidated the biochemistry of vision
1938, Tianjin, China — 2024, United States
China · United States
Lubert Stryer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist, author of a leading biochemistry textbook, who elucidated the biochemistry of vision
Stryer was an American biochemist, born in China to a family of Eastern European Jewish descent, who pioneered fluorescence spectroscopy (including FRET) to elucidate the biochemistry of vision and cell signaling. His textbook Biochemistry became one of the most widely used in the field, and he received the 2006 National Medal of Science. His family were Jewish refugees.
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Biochemist, author of a leading biochemistry textbook, who elucidated the biochemistry of vision
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