Wendell M. Stanley(1904–1971)
ChemistryWendell Meredith Stanley was an American biochemist, virologist and Nobel laureate. Stanley's work contributed to lepracidal compounds, diphenyl stereochemistry, and the chemistry of the sterols. His research on the virus causing the mosaic disease in tobacco plants led to the isolation of a nucleoprotein which displayed tobacco mosaic virus activity.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1946for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form
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Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign(Doctor of Philosophy)
Earlham College(Bachelor of Science)
Richmond High School
Career Timeline
University of California, Berkeley?–present
University of Illinois system?–present
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München?–present
The Rockefeller University?–present
Positions & Roles
professor
Related Laureates
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KB
K. Barry Sharpless
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2022)
FS
Frederick Sanger
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1980)
OY
Omar Yaghi
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
GW
Greg Winter
Copley Medal (2025)
JM
John Michael Jumper
Fellow of the Royal Society (2025)
RR
Richard Robson
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
SK
Susumu Kitagawa
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
DH
Demis Hassabis
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)
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