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Saul Roseman

Who

Saul Roseman · Science & Medicine

What

Biochemist regarded as a father of glycobiology

When

1921, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2011, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Saul Roseman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist regarded as a father of glycobiology

How & why

The son of Jewish immigrants, Roseman grew up in Brooklyn and spent much of his career at Johns Hopkins University. He is regarded as a father of glycobiology, the study of the sugar chains coating cells, and discovered the bacterial phosphotransferase system that couples sugar uptake to its chemical modification. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

Contributions & Sources

Biochemist regarded as a father of glycobiology

1921

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science