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D-Index
43
Citations
6134
World Ranking
17293
National Ranking
4240

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1964 - Garvan–Olin Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1954 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Birgit Vennesland was affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to the scientific community primarily in fields related to chemistry and biochemistry.

The awards received by Birgit Vennesland include the Garvan-Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1964 and recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1954.

Best Publications

  • The enzymatic transfer of hydrogen. I. The reaction catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase.

    Harvey F. Fisher;Eric E. Conn;Birgit Vennesland;F. H. Westheimer

  • THE PARTICIPATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE CARBOHYDRATE CYCLE

    A.K. Solomon;Birgit Vennesland;Friedrich W. Klemperer;John M. Buchanan

  • THE ENZYMATIC TRANSFER OF HYDROGEN FROM ALCOHOL TO DPN

    F. H. Westheimer;Harvey F. Fisher;Eric E. Conn;Birgit Vennesland

  • The stereospecificity of enzymatic hydrogen transfer from diphosphopyridine nucleotide.

    H. Richard Levy;Birgit Vennesland

  • Glutathione reductase of wheat germ.

    Eric E. Conn;Birgit. Vennesland

  • Enzymatic Synthesis of the Enantiomorphis of Ethanol-1-d1,2

    Frank A. Loewus;F. H. Westheimer;Birgit Vennesland

  • The enzymatic reduction of hydroxypyruvic acid to D-glyceric acid in higher plants.

    Helen A. Stafford;Anna Magaldi;Birgit Vennesland

  • Properties of a nitrate reductase of Chlorella

    L.P. Solomonson;Birgit Vennesland

  • Carbon Dioxide Fixation into Oxalacetate in Higher Plants.

    Mendel Mazelis;Birgit Vennesland

  • The Presence of Bound Cyanide in the Naturally Inactivated Form of Nitrate Reductase of Chlorella vulgaris

    George H. Lorimer;Hans-Siegfried Gewitz;Wolfgang Völker;Larry P. Solomonson

  • ENZYMATIC CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION INTO OXALACETATE IN WHEAT GERM

    T.T. Tchen;Birgit Vennesland

  • CARBOXYLASES OF ANIMAL TISSUES

    D.E. Green;W.W. Westerfeld;Birgit Vennesland;W.E. Knox

  • The Mechanism of Action of Hyaluronidases

    Julio Ludowieg;Birgit Vennesland;Albert Dorfman

  • Nitrate Reductase and Chlorate Toxicity in Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck

    L. P. Solomonson;Birgit Vennesland

  • Purification and Properties of Dihydroorotic Dehydrogenase

    Herbert C. Friedmann;Birgit Vennesland

  • The enzymatic transfer of hydrogen. VIII. The reactions catalyzed by glutamic and isocitric dehydrogenases.

    T. Nakamoto;Birgit Vennesland

  • The enzymatic transfer of hydrogen. II. The reaction catalyzed by lactic dehydrogenase.

    Frank A. Loewus;Peter Ofner;Harvey F. Fisher;F. H. Westheimer

  • Reversible inactivation of nitrate reductase in Chlorella vulgaris in vivo

    Elfriede K. Pistorius;Hans-Siegfried Gewitz;Helga Voss;Birgit Vennesland

  • Crystalline dihydroorotic dehydrogenase.

    Herbert C. Friedmann;Birgit Vennesland

  • The enzymatic transfer of hydrogen. III. The reaction catalyzed by malic dehydrogenase.

    Frank A. Loewus;T. T. Tchen;Birgit Vennesland

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Baird Hastings
A. Baird Hastings Harvard University
Harland G. Wood
Harland G. Wood Case Western Reserve University
George H. Lorimer
George H. Lorimer University of Maryland, College Park
Albert Dorfman
Albert Dorfman University of Chicago
Miguel G. Guerrero
Miguel G. Guerrero University of Seville
Eric G. Ball
Eric G. Ball Harvard University

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