Donald Van Slyke

Donald Van Slyke
Donald Van Slyke, during his time at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Born
Donald Dexter Van Slyke

(1883-03-29)March 29, 1883
DiedMay 4, 1971(1971-05-04) (aged 88)
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA 1905, PhD 1907)
Known forKinetics of urease
AwardsMany, including National Medal of Science
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsRockefeller Institute, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Doctoral advisorMoses Gomberg

Donald Dexter Van Slyke (March 29, 1883 – May 4, 1971), nicknamed Van, was a Dutch American biochemist. His achievements included the publication of 317 journal articles and 5 books,[1] as well as numerous awards, among them the National Medal of Science and the first AMA Scientific Achievement Award.[1] The Van Slyke determination, a test of amino acids, is named after him.[2]

  1. ^ a b Hastings, AB.; Van Slyke, DD. (1976). "Donald Dexter van Slyke". Biogr Mem Natl Acad Sci. 48: 309–60. PMID 11615659.
  2. ^ Donald D. van Slyke (1910) "Eine Methode zur quantitativen Bestimmung der aliphatischen Aminogruppen; einige Anwenungen derselben in der Chemi der Proteine, des Harns und der Enzyme" (A method for the quantitative determination of aliphatic amino groups: some applications of it in the chemistry of proteins, urine, and enzymes), Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft, 43 : 3170-3181.