Claude Klee (1931 – 4 April 2017) was a French biochemist.[1]
Claude Klee | |
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| Born | July 1931 France |
| Died | 4 April 2017 Maryland, US |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Biomedical cancer research |
Biography
editClaude B. Klee attended the University of Marseille until she graduated with her medical degree in 1959. She moved to the United States to work at the National Institute of Mental Health and also spent some time in Basel. In 1961 Klee began to work at the National Institutes of Health with Herbert Tabor, Louis Sokoloff and Maxine Singer. By 1966 Klee had a laboratory at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases. In 1974 she started what was to become her iconic work at the National Cancer Institute's Biochemistry Laboratory which led to the 1991 Presidential Rank Awards.[2] Klee was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1992. She also won the FASEB Excellence in Science Award. From 1995 Klee was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Klee was also awarded the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Lifetime Achievement Award.[3] She died in 2017 in Maryland, US.[4][5][6]
Klee met her husband, Werner Klee, while working at Basel. The couple had two children.[5][6]
Sources
edit- ^ "Claude Klee : Biochemistry molecular biology". National Institutes of Health.
- ^ Jbc, the Journal of Biological Chemistry: Classics biochemistry and molecular biology of the 20th century, 1905 to present. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2006. ISBN 9781893571082.
- ^ "Election in 1995" (PDF).
- ^ Weinstock, Maia. "Gone in 2017: 12 Trailblazing Women in STEM". Scientific American Blog Network.
- ^ a b "The European Calcium Society". gbiomed.kuleuven.be.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam: Claude Klee, M.D." Center for Cancer Research. 5 April 2017.
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