David Mervyn Blow
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David Mervyn Blow FRS FInstP[6] (27 June 1931 – 8 June 2004)[1][7][8] was an influential British biophysicist. He was best known for the development of X-ray crystallography, a technique used to determine the molecular structures of tens of thousands of biological molecules. This has been extremely important to the pharmaceutical industry.[9]
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David Mervyn Blow | |
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Born | (1931-06-27)27 June 1931 Birmingham, England |
Died | 8 June 2004(2004-06-08) (aged 72) |
Education | Kingswood School[1] |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)[1] |
Known for | Haemoglobin X-ray crystallography |
Spouse |
Mavis Sears (m. 1955) |
Awards | Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1987) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biophysicist |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology National Institutes of Health Imperial College London MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
Thesis | X-ray analysis of haemoglobin : determination of phase angles by isomorphous substitution (1958) |
Doctoral advisor | Max Perutz[2] |
Other academic advisors | Alexander Rich[2] |
Doctoral students | |
Other notable students | Thomas A. Steitz Brian Matthews[2] |
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