Jorge Allende

Jorge E. Allende
Jorge E. Allende in Barcelona, 2017
Born (1934-11-11) 11 November 1934 (age 90)
NationalityChilean
Alma materLouisiana State University Yale University Rockefeller University
Known forProtein biosynthesis, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM) at Universidad de Chile
SpouseCatherine Connelly
Children4
Parents
  • Octavio Allende Echeverría (father)
  • Amparo Rivera Ortiz (mother)
AwardsGreat Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, Brazil, National Prize for Nature Sciences, Chile, The puRkwa Prize
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry Molecular Biology
InstitutionsUniversity of Chile National Institutes of Health
Doctoral advisorFrederic Richards
Other academic advisorsFritz Albert Lipmann Marshall Warren Nirenberg

Jorge Eduardo Allende Rivera, (born 11 November 1934) is a Chilean biochemist and biophysicist known for his contributions to the understanding of proteic biosynthesis and how transfer RNA is generated,[1] and the regulation of maturation of amphibian eggs. He has been a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences since 2001,[2] and was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Nature Sciences (Chile) in 1992.

  1. ^ Knud H. Nierhaus; Daniel N. Wilson (2004). Protein synthesis and ribosome structure : translating the genome. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-3-527-30638-1. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Jorge e. Allende".