Stories of Success, Volume 45

Table of contents

Preface by Giorgio Semenza

Chapter 1 Odyssey of a Biochemist by Osamu. Hayaishi

Chapter 2 A Voyage of the Inner Space of Cells by Wolfgang Baumeister

Chapter 3 Fixed to Translation: A Recollection by August Böck

Chapter 4 Denis Chapman : Oiling the Path to Biomembrane Structure by Peter J. Quinn

Chapter 5 Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas, the First Metabolic Pathway: The Fate of Prominent Polish Biochemist Jakub Parnas by Jolanta Barañska

Chapter 6 A Journey with Bleeding Time Factor by Birgir Blombäck

Chapter 7 A Neuropathologist’s Diary by Adriano Aguzzi

Chapter 8 An Autobiographical Sketch: 50 Years in Cancer Immunochemistry by G.I. Abelev

This book is the latest volume in the highly successful series Comprehensive Biochemistry. It provides a historical and autobiographical perspective of the developments in the field through the contributions of leading individuals who reflect on their careers and their impact on biochemistry. Volume 45 is essential reading for everyone from graduate student to professor, placing in context major advances not only in biochemical terms but in relation to historical and social developments. Readers will be delighted by the lively style and the insight into the lives and careers of leading scientists of their time.

• Contributors are distinguished scientists in the field
• Unique series of personal recollections
• Presents scientific research in a historical perspective

Biochemistry researchers and students.