Physiology or Medicine

Curriculum Vitae

Born May 20, 1918, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA   Address: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, 156-29, Pasadena, California 91125, USA   Academic Education 1939 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, B.A. (Biostatistics) 1942 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Ph.D. (Genetics) 1943 California Institute of Technology, M.S. (Meteorology)   Appointments and Professional Activities 1947-48 Rockefeller Foundation Fellow,…

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Banquet speech

Edmond H. Fischer’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1992 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of my colleague and closest friend of forty years, Edwin Krebs and myself, I would like to express our gratitude for the immense honor bestowed upon us today. I thought I would reflect here…

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Interview

Interview, June 2000 https://www.youtube.com/embed/8HWimgBrDXg Interview with Edmond Fischer by Hans Jörnvall at the meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, June 2000. Edmond Fischer talks about how he came into the field of biochemistry; receiving the Nobel Prize (2:04); how he made his key discoveries (4:53); problems with present day support of science (13:43); and…

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