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Novartis Medal and Prize (8) |
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| complete name: |
John Ernest Walker |
| nobel prize: |
chemistry |
| award year: |
1997 |
| together with: |
Paul D. Boyer |
| together with: |
Jens Christian Skou |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/2 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997 was divided, one half jointly to Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker "for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)" and the other half to Jens C. Skou "for the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| birth name: |
John Ernest Walker |
| given name: |
John |
| family name: |
Walker |
| occupation: |
chemist |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| occupation: |
molecular biologist |
| field of work: |
biochemistry |
| work location: |
University of Wisconsin–Madison, 500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI, 53706-1380, United States of America |
| description: |
John Ernest Walker is an English chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997. As of 2015 Walker is Emeritus Director and Professor at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. |
| image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1997/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1941 |
| usual name: |
John Walker |
