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Stanley Lloyd Miller (March 7, 1930 – May 20, 2007) was an American chemist who made landmark experiments in the
Life and career
Stanley Miller was born in
After completing a
He supervised 8 PhD students: Dennis Hafemann, Jeffrey L. Bada, Nadav Friedmann, James E. Van Trump, Gordon Schlesinger, William E. (Roscoe) Stribling, Jason P. Dworkin, and H. James Cleaves II.[4]
Miller's experiment
The Miller experiment appeared in his technical paper in the 15 May 1953 issue of
Publication problem
Miller showed his results to Urey, who suggested immediate publication. Urey declined to be the co-author lest Miller receive little or no credit. The manuscript with Miller as the sole author was submitted to Science on 10 February 1953. After weeks of silence, Urey inquired and wrote to the chair of the editorial board on 27 February on the lack of action in reviewing the manuscript. A month passed, but still there was no decision. On 10 March the infuriated Urey demanded the manuscript to be returned, and he himself submitted it to the Journal of the American Chemical Society on 13 March. By then, the editor of Science, apparently annoyed by Urey's insinuation, wrote directly to Miller that the manuscript was to be published. Miller accepted it and withdrew the manuscript from the Journal of the American Chemical Society.[9]
Follow-up
Miller continued his research until his death in 2007. As the knowledge on early atmosphere progressed, and techniques for chemical analyses advanced, he kept on refining the details and methods. He not only succeeded in synthesizing more and more varieties of amino acids, he also produced a wide variety of inorganic and organic compounds essential for cellular construction and metabolism.[10] In support, a number of independent researchers also confirmed the range of chemical syntheses.[11][12][13][14] With the most recent revelation that, unlike the original Miller's experimental hypothesis of strongly reducing condition, the primitive atmosphere could be quite neutral containing other gases in different proportions,[15] Miller's last works, posthumously published in 2008, still succeeded in synthesizing an array of organic compounds using such condition.[16]
Reassessment
In 1972 Miller and his collaborators repeated the 1953 experiment, but with a newly developed automatic chemical analysers, such as
Just before Miller's death, several boxes containing vials of dried residues were found among his laboratory materials at the university. The note indicated that some were from his original 1952-1954 experiments, produced by using three different apparatuses, and one from 1958, which included
Death
Miller suffered a series of strokes beginning in November 1999 that increasingly inhibited his physical activity. He was living in a nursing home in National City, south of San Diego, and died on 20 May 2007 at the nearby Paradise Hospital. He is survived by his brother Donald and his family, and his devoted partner Maria Morris.[7]
Honours and recognitions
Miller is remembered for his seminal works in the origin of life (and he was considered a pioneer in the field of
He was nominated for Nobel Prize more than once in his life.[23]
Stanley L. Miller Award for young scientists under the age of 37 was instituted by the International Astrobiology Society since 2008.[24]
See also
- Abiogenesis
- Alexander Oparin
- Biochemistry
- Microsphere
- Proteinoid
- Sidney W. Fox
References
- ^ PMID 23340907.
- ^ a b Bada JL, Lazcano A. Stanley L. Miller (1930-2007): A Biographical Memoir (PDF). National Academy of Sciences (USA). pp. 1–40.
- ^ PMID 18726708.
- ^ "Stanley Lloyd Miller, Ph.D." Academic Tree. The Academic Family Tree. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- PMID 13056598.
- PMID 11932715.
- ^ a b c UCSD News Center (21 May 2007). "Father of 'Origin of Life' Chemistry at UC San Diego Dies". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu. University of California, San Diego. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- PMID 14515862.
- PMID 12730584.
- PMID 11542054.
- PMID 13320416.
- PMID 11542466.
- PMID 11537766.
- PMID 22733315.
- PMID 20573713.
- PMID 18204914.
- PMID 4501592.
- PMID 16591973.
- PMID 18927386.
- PMID 21422282.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Wired Magazine. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ Steigerwald, Bill (October 16, 2008). "Volcanoes May Have Provided Sparks and Chemistry for First Life". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ Chi KR (24 May 2007). "Stanley L. Miller dies". The Scientist. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ^ Astrobiology (6 March 2008). "Stanley L. Miller Award". astrobiology2.arc.nasa.gov. NASA. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
External links
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