Richard Henderson (biologist)

Richard Henderson
Henderson during Nobel Prize press conference in Stockholm in 2017
Born (1945-07-19) 19 July 1945 (age 79)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Alma mater
Known forCryo-electron microscopy[2]
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisX-Ray Analysis of α-chymotrysin: Substrate and Inhibitor Binding (1970)
Doctoral advisorDavid Mervyn Blow

Richard Henderson is a British molecular biologist and biophysicist and pioneer in the field of electron microscopy of biological molecules. Henderson shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank.[3] "Thanks to his work, we can look at individual atoms of living nature, thanks to cryo-electron microscopes we can see details without destroying samples, and for this he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry."[4]

  1. ^ "Doctor Richard HENDERSON | Jeantet". 1 October 2017.
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  3. ^ The Scientists' Channel. "Richard Henderson, CH, FRS, FMedSci, HonFRSC". thescientistschannel.com. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ^ Richard Henderson – Hyde Park Civilizace | Česká televize (in Czech), retrieved 10 August 2023