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.
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 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| 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 |
Life
editAlberto 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
editSols 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
editSols 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.