Michael Rossmann
Michael Rossmann · Science & Medicine
Structural biologist who solved the first atomic structure of a virus and identified the Rossmann fold.
1930, Frankfurt, Germany — 2019, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
United Kingdom · United States (Purdue University)
Michael Rossmann is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Structural biologist who solved the first atomic structure of a virus and identified the Rossmann fold.
Rossmann was a structural biologist who solved the first atomic structure of a virus (a common-cold rhinovirus) in 1985 and identified the recurring nucleotide-binding motif now called the Rossmann fold; he pioneered methods such as molecular replacement that underpin modern crystallography. Born to a Jewish mother in Frankfurt, he was sent to England as a child in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany, and spent his career at Purdue University.
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Structural biologist who solved the first atomic structure of a virus and identified the Rossmann fold.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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