David W. Green (biochemist) explained

David W. Green
Death Date:1976
Education:University of Cambridge (Ph.D.)
Occupation:Crystallographer
Employer:University of Edinburgh

David W. Green (- 1976) was a crystallographer at the Medical Research Council Unit for the Study of the Molecular Structure of Biological Systems, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

David W. Green was a graduate student in the laboratory of Max Perutz at the University of Cambridge from 1952 to 1955 and obtained a Ph.D.[1] [2] He is known for demonstrating the first use of isomorphous replacement to solve the phase problem in X-ray crystallography.[3]

After completing his Ph.D., Green moved to the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory at The Royal Institution in autumn 1955.[4]

He was recruited by Linus Pauling[5] but ultimately moved to MIT to work with Alexander Rich.[6] With Rich, Green solved the structure of N-methyluracil.[7] After his postdoctoral work, he returned to the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory at The Royal Institution in London, England to continue his crystallographic research.[8] Later he moved to the Department of Physics at the University of Edinburgh.[9] In Edinburgh, Green was a senior lecturer and ran a group in solid state physics.[10]

Green died in 1976.

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Perutz, Max. Science is Not a Quiet Life. 1997. World Scientific Publishing Co.. 978-981-02-2774-6. 66. 10.1142/3204.
  3. 1954-09-14. The structure of haemoglobin - IV. Sign determination by the isomorphous replacement method. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 225. 1162. 287–307. 10.1098/rspa.1954.0203. 1954RSPSA.225..287G. 0080-4630. Green. D. W.. Ingram. V. M.. Perutz. M. F.. 96889917.
  4. Book: Aragó López. Carmen. Great solid state physicists of the 20th century. limited. Gonzalo. Julio A.. 2003. World Scientific. 981-238-336-0. 106. 248978057.
  5. Web site: March 22, 1958 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day - Special Collections. scarc.library.oregonstate.edu. 2020-03-21.
  6. Rich. Alexander. 2004-06-01. The Excitement of Discovery. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 73. 1. 1–37. 10.1146/annurev.biochem.73.011303.073945. 15189135. 0066-4154. free.
  7. Green. D. W.. Mathews. F. S.. Rich. A.. November 1962. The crystal and molecular structure of N-methyluracil. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 237. 11. 3573–3575. 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)70860-6. 0021-9258. 13950062. free.
  8. Aschaffenburg. R.. Green. D. W.. Simmons. R. M.. 1965-08-01. Crystal forms of β-lactoglobulin. Journal of Molecular Biology. en. 13. 1. 194–201. 10.1016/S0022-2836(65)80089-4. 5859035. 0022-2836.
  9. Sawyer. L.. Green. D. W.. 1979-07-25. The reaction of cow β-lactoglobulin with tetracyanoaurate(III). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. en. 579. 1. 234–239. 10.1016/0005-2795(79)90102-8. 37917. 0005-2795.
  10. Woolfson. Michael. 2005. William Cochran. 30 July 1922 – 28 August 2003: Elected FRS 1962. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. en. 51. 67–85. 10.1098/rsbm.2005.0005. 0080-4606. free.

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