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Edwin G. Krebs

1918 - 2009

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Edwin Gerhard Krebs (June 6, 1918 – December 21, 2009) was an American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman and, together with his collaborator Edmond H. Fischer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin G. Krebs is the 266th most popular chemist (up from 268th in 2019), the 1,659th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,678th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, Edwin G. Krebs ranks 266 out of 602. Before him are Stephanie Kwolek, John Polanyi, Fritz Strassmann, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Martin Rodbell, and Dudley R. Herschbach. After him are Emil Erlenmeyer, Fraser Stoddart, Franz Karl Achard, Elias James Corey, Georg Brandt, and Rudolph A. Marcus.

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Among people born in 1918, Edwin G. Krebs ranks 64. Before him are João Figueiredo, Anna Mani, Günther Rall, Patricio Aylwin, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Yigal Allon. After him are Rosemary Kennedy, Sam Walton, Robert Aldrich, Ahmed Deedat, Kazu Naoki, and Henryk Szeryng. Among people deceased in 2009, Edwin G. Krebs ranks 46. Before him are Norman Borlaug, Natasha Richardson, Ralf Dahrendorf, Tavo Burat, Ephraim Katzir, and Günther Rall. After him are Juan Almeida Bosque, Marek Edelman, Patrick McGoohan, Rafael Caldera, Pavel Popovich, and Clive Granger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin G. Krebs ranks 1,659 out of 20,380. Before him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), Danielle Steel (1947), Timothy Leary (1920), Bruce Beutler (1957), Jack Horner (1946), and Bob Kane (1915). After him are Steven Chu (1948), Jeff Bennett (1962), Aaron Burr (1756), George Akerlof (1940), Frank Jarvis (1878), and Herbert Blomstedt (1927).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Edwin G. Krebs ranks 64. Before him are Richard Smalley (1943), Carolyn R. Bertozzi (1966), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Martin Rodbell (1925), and Dudley R. Herschbach (1932). After him are Elias James Corey (1928), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Thomas Cech (1947), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), and Frances Arnold (1956).

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