The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945
Awarded on: 1945-10-25
"for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Affiliations:
- University of Oxford – Oxford, United Kingdom
Ernst Boris Chain
Born: 1906-06-19 in Berlin, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German-born British biochemist (1906–1979)
Biography
Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.