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John Buchanan (biologist)

American professor of biochemistry

Died aged 89LibraUnited States

Biography

John Machlin Buchanan (September 29, 1917 – June 25, 2007) was an American professor of biochemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He arrived at MIT in 1953 and retired in 1988 after a distinguished career in which he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He played a key role in the development of MIT's Department of Biology as a major force in biochemistry research and was himself a prominent researcher of purine biosynthesis. He died in 2007 at age 89.

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Career highlights

Employers / organisations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Awards & honours (2)

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Guggenheim Fellowship

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