Alexander Spirin
Alexander Sergeevich Spirin | |
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Born | |
Died | 30 December 2020 | (aged 89)
Education | Doctor of Science (1962), Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Alma mater | Moscow State University (1954) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology |
Institutions | Moscow State University |
Doctoral advisor | Andrey Belozersky |
Alexander Sergeevich Spirin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Спирин) (4 September 1931 – 30 December 2020[1]) was a Russian biochemist, Distinguished Professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (since 1999),[2] a Director of , Puschino (Пущино-на-Оке), Moscow Region (Московская Область), Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences. His primary scientific interests in biochemistry included nucleic acids and protein biosynthesis.
Career[]
In 1957 together with Andrey Nikolayevich Belozersky (Андрей Николаевич Белозерский) he conducted comparative analysis of bacterial DNA and RNA,[3] and predicted existence of messenger RNA. He gave the first qualitative description of the structure of high-polymer RNA (1959–61). In 1963 he discovered structural transitions of ribosomes and formulated one of the principles of structure of ribosomes. He discovered artificial ribosomal self-assembly (1963–66) and proposed a molecular mechanism of the ribosome role in protein synthesis (1968). He conducted extra-cellular protein synthesis on modified ribosomes — non-enzymatic translation (together with ) (1970–74).
In 1957, he defended his Candidate's Dissertation. In 1962, he defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1964, he received the title of Professor. He was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1966 and full member in 1970.
Awards[]
Dr. Spirin was awarded the Sir Hans Krebs Medal in 1969, elected an Honorary Fellow of University of Granada in 1972 and awarded the prestigious Demidov Prize in 2013.[4] In 1974 he was elected a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[5] He was elected a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in April 2019.[6]
References[]
- ^ Светлая память Спирину Александру Сергеевичу (in Russian)
- ^ "Заслуженные профессора Московского университета | Летопись Московского университета".
- ^ Morange, Michel; Cobb, Matthew (2000). A History of Molecular Biology. Harvard University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-674-00169-5. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "Demidov Prize Winners 2013". Russia-infocentre. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "List of Members". www.leopoldina.org. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "2019 NAS Election". National Academy of Sciences. April 30, 2019.
- 1931 births
- 2020 deaths
- Russian biochemists
- Soviet biochemists
- Molecular biologists
- Moscow State University faculty
- Demidov Prize laureates
- Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Members of Academia Europaea
- Russian professors
- Soviet professors
- Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
- Moscow State University alumni
- 20th-century Russian scientists
- 21st-century Russian scientists
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