The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955
Awarded on: 1955-11-02
"for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone"
Affiliations:
- Cornell University – Ithaca, NY, USA
Vincent du Vigneaud
Born: 1901-05-18 in Chicago, IL, USA
Gender: male
Field: American biochemist and Nobel laureate (1901–1978)
Biography
Vincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist. He was recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone," a reference to his work on the peptide hormone oxytocin.