Awards & Winners

Edmond H. Fischer

Date of Birth 06-April-1920
Place of Birth Shanghai
(China)
Nationality United States of America, Switzerland
Also know as Edmond Fischer, Edmond Henri Fischer
Profession Chemist
Edmond Henri Fischer is a Swiss American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. Since 2007, he has been the Honorary President of the World Cultural Council.

Awards by Edmond H. Fischer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Edmond H. Fischer.

1992


Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism)

1963