Joe Neilands
Joe Neilands | |
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| Born | September 11, 1921 Glen Valley (near Vancouver), British Columbia |
| Died | October 23, 2008 (aged 87) |
| Education | Ontario Agricultural College (University of Guelph), (undergraduate degree, 1944), Dalhousie University (master's degree, 1946), University of Wisconsin, Madison (Ph.D., 1949) |
| Known for | Political activism, Outlines of Enzyme Chemistry (with Paul K. Stumpf) |
| Spouse | Juanita L'Esperance (1958-his death) |
| Children | One son |
| Awards | 1958 Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | Studies on (I) vitamin and amino acid content of fish and meat products (II) molybdenum toxicity in the rat (III) bound pantothenic acid. (1949) |
| Doctoral students | Kary Mullis |
John Brian "Joe" Neilands (September 11, 1921 – October 23, 2008) was a Canadian-born American biochemist and professor of biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught from 1951 until his retirement in 1993.