Alberto Sols
Alberto Sols | |
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 Sols in 1987 | |
| Born | Alberto Sols García 2 February 1917 |
| Died | 10 August 1989 (aged 72) Dénia (Alicante), Spain |
| Known for | Investigation of hexokinases; carbohydrate metabolism |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Washington University School of Medicine Spanish National Research Council |
Alberto Sols García (1917–1989) was a Spanish researcher specializing in biochemistry, working especially on hexokinases. He effectively created biochemistry as a major discipline in Spain.
Life
[edit]Alberto Sols was born in Sax, Alicante, on 2 February 1917, the son of Pedro Sols Lluch. He died in Denia, Alicante, on 10 August 1989. The house of his birth is now the Centro de Estudios y Archivo Histórico Municipal Alberto Sols.[1]
Career
[edit]Sols studied medicine at the University of Valencia. After working for three years, principally with Robert Crane[2] at Washington University in St. Louis, in the group of Nobel prizewinners Carl and Gerty Cori he returned to Spain in 1954, and created a research group at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). His work concerned hexokinases[3] and sugar phosphorylation in general.[4]
In 1963 he was Founding President of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry (now Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology—Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular: SEBBM).[5] He was also a member of scientific societies in the UK, USA, Argentina and Chile.
Distinctions
[edit]Sols received numerous prizes, and was the first holder of the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research in 1981.[6] In 1987 he received the National Research Prize "Santiago Ramón y Cajal" of the Ministry of Education.[7] In 1989 he was elected to the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Centro de Estudios y Archivo Histórico Municipal Alberto Sols (CEAHM)". Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Sols, Alberto; Crane, Robert (1954). "Substrate specificity of brain hexokinase". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 210 (2): 581–594. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)65384-0. PMID 13211595.
- ^ Delafuente, Gertrudis; Sols, Alberto (1970). "The Kinetics of Yeast Hexokinase in the Light of the Induced Fit Involved in the Binding of its Sugar Substrate". European Journal of Biochemistry. 16 (2): 234–239. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1970.tb01076.x. PMID 5471811.
- ^ Aragon, J. J.; Feliu, J. E.; Frenkel, R. A.; Sols, A. (1980). "Permeabilization of animal cells for kinetic studies of intracellular enzymes: In situ behavior of the glycolytic enzymes of erythrocytes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 77 (11): 6324–6328. Bibcode:1980PNAS...77.6324A. doi:10.1073/pnas.77.11.6324. PMC 350276. PMID 6450416.
- ^ "¿Es fiable la Wikipedia?" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Premiados - Fundación Princesa de Asturias". www.fpa.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ Gobierno de España, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Premios Nacionales de Investigación: https://www.ciencia.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/menuitem.7eeac5cd345b4f34f09dfd1001432ea0/?vgnextoid=82957edcc0186610VgnVCM1000001d04140aRCRD
- ^ "Letra S - Real Academia Nacional de Medicina". www.ranm.es. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
