Sydney P. Colowick Biographical File
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Includes photographs, CV, newspaper articles, journal articles
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1985
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Biographical / Historical
Sydney Paul Colowick is principally known for his work on the hexokinase enzyme and the regulations on hexose transport in cultured animal cells . He also studied the conversion of glucose to polysaccharides, NADH, and NADP. He was also the editor of the hand book series Methods of Enzymology serving in that role from 1955-1985.
Dr. Colowick was born in St. Louis, MO on January 12, 1916. He obtained his Ph. D. degree in Pharmacology from Washington University School of Medicine in 1942.He is an author of more than 115 papers in enzymology and chemistry of carbohydrates, phosporous compounds and coenzymes. He received Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry in 1947.He came to Vanderbilt in 1959, as professor of Microbiology where he focused his research on study of Cancer cells backed by a $432,000 grant from American Cancer Society.
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Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Sydney P. Colowick Biographical File
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- History of Medicine Collections Staff
- Date
- 2024-02-20
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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