Vincent Massey (enzymologist)
Vincent Massey | |
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Born | Berkeley, New South Wales, Australia | November 28, 1926
Died | August 26, 2002 | (aged 75)
Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Nationality | Australian |
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Known for | Flavin Enzymology |
Spouse | Margot Grünewald |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Enzymology |
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Rowena G. Matthews, David Ballou | |
Website | web |
Vincent Massey (November 28, 1926 – August 26, 2002) was an Australian
Biography
Family life
Massey grew up in a family of fishermen in a small village outside of
He met his wife Margot, a survivor of
Academic career
After obtaining a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Sydney, Massey worked as a research biochemist for the CSIRO. He worked there for three years, and in that time published five papers on the inhibition of the
The CSIRO awarded him with a fellowship that would allow him to pursue his doctoral degree at the University of Cambridge.Massey did his thesis work with
A colleague from Cambridge, Tom Singer, had accepted a position at the
In 1957, Massey returned to England to be a lecturer at the
His major scientific contributions include the identification and kinetic characterization of lipoamide dehydrogenase[9] and pioneering the methods of stopped-flow[10] and rapid-freeze electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to study enzyme mechanisms.[11] He published over 400 papers and at least an additional 50 book chapters, symposia or reviews, for example on artificial flavins as mechanistic probes.[12] He also had a significant mentoring role; his students included Graham Palmer,[13] Charles H. Williams,[14][3] Rowena G. Matthews, on NADPH dehydrogenase ("old yellow enzyme"),[15] David P. Ballou,[13][3] and Paul Engel on butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase,[16] among others.
Scientific achievements
- I.C.I. Fellow, University of Cambridge (1953-1955)
- Guest Lecturer, University of Illinois (1960)
- Teacher, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (1962)
- A.S.B.C. Lecturer (1963)
- Humboldt Award(1973)
- University of Konstanz, Fachbereich Biologie, Konstanz, West Germany, Guest Professor (1973-1974)
- Permanent Guest Professor, University of Konstanz, West Germany (1975- )
- Senior Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows (1975-1980)
- Elected Fellow of Royal Society of London (1977)
- Biomedical Research Council Distinguished Faculty Lectureship, University of Michigan (1979)
- Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, The University of Michigan (1983)
- Visiting Professor Institute of Applied Biochemistry, Mitake, Japan (1985)
- Visiting Professor, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan (1988)
- Henry Russel Lecturer University of Michigan (1995)
- National Academy of Sciences Member, Biochemistry (1995)[1]
- J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished University Professorship (1995- )
- Michigan Scientist of the Year (1998)
- Jubilee Lecture and Harden Medal, Biochemical Society of Great Britain (1999)
References
- ^ a b "Vincent Massey". National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ ISSN 0968-0004.
- ^ a b Ballou, David P.; Williams Jr., Charles H. (2013). "Vincent Massey" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- PMID 18131520.
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- S2CID 100746202.
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