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词条 William Joseph Whelan
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William Joseph Whelan FRS (born 14 November 1924)[1] is a British-born American biochemist. He is professor and chairman emeritus of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami. He founded the annual Miami Winter Symposium in 1967 and is chief editor of the journal IUBMB Life.[2]

Biography

Whelan was born in Salford, Greater Manchester in 1924. He studied organic chemistry at the University of Birmingham starting in 1942, earning a B.Sc. in 1944 and Ph.D. in 1948. He taught at University College of North Wales and the University of London, and became Head of the Department of Biochemistry of the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London in 1964. In 1967, he moved to the United States and served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Miami Medical School. He became Professor and Chairman Emeritus in 1991.[1]

Whelan is known for his pioneering research on the structure of starch and glycogen. He discovered the D enzyme in plants and proved that glycogen contained the protein glycogenin. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1992.[3]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://phydatabase.med.miami.edu/documents/cv/Whelan.William_2701_cv.pdf|title=William Joseph Whelan |publisher=University of Miami |access-date=2018-06-27}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://bm.med.miami.edu/faculty/facultybmb/william-j-whelan-dsc-frs|title=William J Whelan, DSc, FRS |publisher=University of Miami |access-date=2018-06-27}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/william-whelan-12517/|title=William Whelan |publisher=Royal Society |access-date=2018-06-27}}
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