Dr. Klaus Heinrich Hofmann (at right in foreground) with Biochemistry Research Team

Summary

The international team of researchers who successfully completed the first partial synthesis of an enzyme in 1960. Left to right: Dr. Wilhelm Haas of Germany; Dr. Michael J. Smithers of England; Dr. Yecheskel Wolman, Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Frances Finn (later Frances Finn Reichl), graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh (later Professor of Biochemistry at Pittsburgh); and Klaus Heinrich Hofmann (1911-1995), Professor of Experimental Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh.

Subject

• Haas, Wilhelm
• Smithers, Michael J
• Wolman, Yecheskel 1935-
• Reichl, Frances Finn
• Hofmann, Klaus 1911-1995
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• University of Pittsburgh

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-3934

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1960
• C. 1960s

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

• Chemistry, Organic
• Medicine, Experimental
• Biochemistry

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3934]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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