Nationality English | Name Rodney Porter Fields Biochemistry | |
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Born Rodney Robert Porter
8 October 1917
Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire ( 1917-10-08 ) Institutions National Institute for Medical Research
University of Oxford Alma mater University of Liverpool (BSc)
University of Cambridge (PhD) Thesis The free amino groups of proteins (1948) Known for Chemical structure of antibodies Died September 6, 1985, Winchester, United Kingdom Education University of Cambridge, University of Liverpool Awards Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Copley Medal, Gairdner Foundation International Award Notable awards Royal Society (1964) Similar People Gerald Edelman, Frederick Sanger, Peter Medawar, Rolf M Zinkernagel, Peter C Doherty | ||
Doctoral advisor Frederick Sanger | ||
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Rodney Robert Porter, CH, FRS (8 October 1917 – 6 September 1985) was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate.
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- Kathamba saaral episode 006 rodney robert porter
- Education and early life
- Career and research
- Awards and honours
- Death
- References
Education and early life
Born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England, Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Liverpool in 1939 for Biochemistry. He moved to the University of Cambridge where he became Fred Sanger's first PhD student. He was awarded his doctorate in 1948.
Career and research
Porter worked for the National Institute for Medical Research for eleven years (1949–1960) before joining St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College London and becoming the Pfizer Professor of Immunology. In 1967 he was appointed Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. His colleague Elizabeth Press (Betty Press) worked with him at NIMR, St Mary's and at Oxford contributing extensively to the work which led to the Nobel Prize.
Awards and honours
Porter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1964. He won the Gairdner Foundation International Award in 1966. In 1972, Porter shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology with Gerald M. Edelman for determining the chemical structure of an antibody. Using the enzyme papain, he broke the blood's immunoglobin into fragments, making them easier to study. He also looked into how the blood's immunoglobins react with cellular surfaces. He subsequently worked with colleagues Kenneth BM Reid, Robert Sim and Duncan Campbell on developing understanding of the Complement Proteins associated with defence against infection.
In 1991, Raymond Dwek founded the Oxford Glycobiology Institute at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford and this building was named after Porter as the Rodney Porter building.
Death
Porter died in a road accident at Winchester.