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Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (September 24, 1905 – November 1, 1993) was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
-American
United States

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 biochemist
Biochemistry

Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
, and the recipient of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institutet. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Physiology or Medic...
.

Life
Severo Ochoa was born in Luarca
Luarca

Luarca is one of 15 parroquias in the Municipality Vald?s, Asturias, in Asturias, Spain. Luarca is a parroquia with 6,363 habitants and an area of 5.94 km?....
 (Asturias
Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
), Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. His father was Severo Manuel Ochoa, a lawyer and businessman, and his mother, Carmen de Albornoz. His father died when Ochoa was seven and he and his mother moved to Málaga
Málaga

M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....
, where he attended school through high school.






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Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (September 24, 1905 – November 1, 1993) was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
-American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 biochemist
Biochemistry

Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
, and the recipient of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institutet. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Physiology or Medic...
.

Life


Severo Ochoa was born in Luarca
Luarca

Luarca is one of 15 parroquias in the Municipality Vald?s, Asturias, in Asturias, Spain. Luarca is a parroquia with 6,363 habitants and an area of 5.94 km?....
 (Asturias
Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
), Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. His father was Severo Manuel Ochoa, a lawyer and businessman, and his mother, Carmen de Albornoz. His father died when Ochoa was seven and he and his mother moved to Málaga
Málaga

M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....
, where he attended school through high school. His interest in biology was stimulated by the publications of the Spanish neurologist and Nobel laureate Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Santiago Ram?n y Cajal was a Spanish people histology, physician, pathologist and Nobel laureate. His pioneering investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain were so original and influential that he is considered by many to be the greatest neuroscientist of all time....
. In 1923, he went to the University of Madrid
University of Madrid

The University of Madrid can refer to several academic institutions in Madrid, Spain:*The University of Alcal? is a public University located in the city of Alcal? de Henares, to the east of Madrid in Spain....
 Medical School, where he hoped to work with Cajal, but Cajal retired. He studied with father Pedro Arrupe
Pedro Arrupe

Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. was the twenty-eighth Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain....
, and Juan Negrín
Juan Negrín

Juan Negr?n y L?pez was a Spain politician and physician.Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, he became a university professor of physiology....
 was his teacher. In 1929, he obtained his MD degree with honors. In 1931, Ochoa married Carmen García Cobián, but they had no children.

Academics

From then until 1938, he held many positions and worked with many people at many places. For example, Otto Meyerhof appointed him Guest Research Assistant at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

The Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg is a facility of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft for the medical basic research. Since its foundation, six Nobel Prize laureates worked at the Institute: Otto Fritz Meyerhof , Richard Kuhn , Walther Bothe , Andr? Michel Lwoff , Rudolf M??bauer and Bert Sakmann ....
 in Heidelberg
Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. As of 2006, over 140,000 people live within the city's area. The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own....
 for one year. From 1938 until 1941 he was Demonstrator and Nuffield Research Assistant at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
. He then went to America, where he again held many positions at many universities. In 1942 he was appointed Research Associate in Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine

The New York University School of Medicine is one of the graduate schools of New York University. Founded in 1841 as the University Medical College....
 and there subsequently became Assistant Professor of Biochemistry (1945), Professor of Pharmacology (1946), Professor of Biochemistry (1954), and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry.

In 1956, he became an American citizen. In 1959, Ochoa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis
Synthesis

The term synthesis is used in many fields, usually to mean a process which combines together two or more pre-existing elements resulting in the formation of something new....
 of RNA
RNA

Ribonucleic acid is a type of molecule that consists of a long chain of nucleotide units. Each nucleotide consists of a nucleobase, a ribose sugar, and a phosphate....
.

Ochoa continued research on protein synthesis
Protein synthesis

Protein synthesis is the creation of proteins using DNA and RNA. Proteins can often be synthesized directly from genes by Translation mRNA. When a protein is harmful and needs to be available on short notice or in large quantities, a protein precursor is produced....
 and replication of RNA viruses until 1985, when he returned to Spain and gave advice to Spanish science policy authorities and scientists. Ochoa was also a recipient of U.S. National Medal of Science
National Medal of Science

The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral science and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics....
 in 1979. A new research center that was planned in the 1970s, was finally built and named after . The asteroid
Asteroid

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
 117435 Severochoa
117435 Severochoa

'117435 Severochoa' is an asteroid. It was discovered by the Observatorio de La Ca?ada on January 14, 2005. Its provisional name was . It was named after Severo Ochoa....
 is also named in his honour.

Severo Ochoa died in Madrid, Spain on November 1, 1993.

See also

  • RNA
    RNA

    Ribonucleic acid is a type of molecule that consists of a long chain of nucleotide units. Each nucleotide consists of a nucleobase, a ribose sugar, and a phosphate....


External links

  • Arthur Kornberg J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 276, Issue 1, 3-11, January 5, 2001