Roland Douce
French plant botanist (1939–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roland Douce (18 May 1939, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val de Marne – 4 November 2018, in La Tronche, Isère) was a plant biologist and professor who, along with his students, created a world-renowned plant biology centre in Grenoble, France, focusing on the biology of chloroplasts and mitochondria and their roles in plant metabolism under normal or stressed physiological conditions.
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Born | (1939-05-18)18 May 1939 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val de Marne |
Died | November 4, 2013(2013-11-04) (aged 74) La Tronche, Isère |
Education | University of Paris |
Known for | Characterization of cardiolipin |
Awards | Silver medal of the CNRS; Member of the National Academy of Sciences; Légion d’Honneur, France |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Plant biochemistry |
Institutions | University of Paris;, Johnson Research Foundation, Philadelphia; University of California, San Diego; University of Grenoble |
Thesis | Structure, localization and metabolism of diphosphatidylglycerol, or cardiolipin, in plants (1961) |
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