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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1970 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1906 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Paris (22) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1987 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death South America (6) Argentina (4) Buenos Aires (4) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) L (30) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) L (47) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) L (13) Luis (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 65 (29) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens South America (9) Argentina (5) 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization South America (1) Argentina (1) Buenos Aires (1) Leloir Institute (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Cambridge (118) University of Cambridge (118) Short-term academic staff (54) North America (529) United States (521) Midwestern states (201) Missouri (24) St. Louis (24) Washington University (24) Short-term academic staff (9) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Short-term academic staff (38) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Philosophical Society (126) B (102) Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine (5) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) T (12) The World Academy of Sciences (12) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards G-H (389) G (254) Gairdner Foundation International Award (89) K-L (297) L (183) Legion of Honour (20) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (50) Q-Z (398) T (64) TWAS fellow (2) complete name: Luis Federico Leloir nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1970 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970 was awarded to Luis F. Leloir "for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Luis family name: Leloir occupation: physician occupation: physicist occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina description: Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine physician and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Although born in France, Leloir received the majority of his education at the University of Buenos Aires and was director of the private research group Fundación Instituto Campomar until his death in 1987. Although his laboratories were often plagued by lack of financial support and second-rate equipment, his research into sugar nucleotides, carbohydrate metabolism, and renal hypertension has garnered international attention and fame and has led to significant progress in understanding, diagnosing and treating the congenital disease galactosemia. Luis Leloir is buried in La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1970/summary/> date birth: 1906 date death: 1987 usual name: Luis Leloir
