Louise Johnson
British biochemist and protein crystallographer 1940–2012 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the biochemist and crystallographer. For the American Delta blues singer and pianist, see Louise Johnson (blues).
Dame Louise Napier Johnson, DBE FRS (26 September 1940 – 25 September 2012[5]), was a British biochemist and protein crystallographer. She was David Phillips Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Oxford from 1990 to 2007, and later an emeritus professor.[6]
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Dame Louise Johnson | |
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Born | Louise Napier Johnson (1940-09-26)26 September 1940 |
Died | 25 September 2012(2012-09-25) (aged 71) |
Education | Wimbledon High School for Girls |
Alma mater | University College London (BSc, PhD) |
Known for | Discovering the structure of lysozyme and N-Acetylglucosamine[1] |
Spouse | |
Awards | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Thesis | An X-ray crystallographic study of N-acetylglucosamine and its relation to lysozyme. (1965) |
Doctoral advisor | David Chilton Phillips[2] |
Other academic advisors | Frederic M. Richards[3] |
Doctoral students | David Barford Jenny Martin[citation needed] David J. Owen[4] |
Other notable students | Janos Hajdu |
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