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  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For prodigious contributions to biological optics over more than seventy years, and for the use of physical methods in fundamental discoveries concerning cell metabolism
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1987 - Max Delbruck Prize, Division of Biological Physics of the American Physical Society
  • 1974 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his contributions to our knowledge of cellular and subcellular physiology made through work on enzyme-substrate complexes, on the kinetics of enzyme action, and on the mechanism and control of membrane-bound elecron transfer during cellular respiration.", 1974 Medal presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on September 18, 1975.
  • 1972 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1970 - William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1966 - John Price Wetherill Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 1957 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1954 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1947 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1945 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Britton Chance was affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to various fields, primarily Medicine and Engineering, with notable work in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging as well as Biomedical Engineering.

Their research encompassed several key topics including:

  • Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Among their recent scholarly contributions was a publication titled Perturbation Theory of Photon Migration in the Presence of a Single Defect published in 2022 in the journal Advances in Optical Imaging and Photon Migration.

Britton Chance frequently collaborated with researchers such as Shechao Feng and Fanan Zeng. Their work appeared in consistent venues, including Advances in Optical Imaging and Photon Migration.

Over the course of their career, they received multiple awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2007, for contributions to biological optics and physical methods in cellular metabolism discoveries
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1992
  • Max Delbruck Prize from the Division of Biological Physics of the American Physical Society, 1987
  • US President's National Medal of Science, 1974, recognized for work on cellular and subcellular physiology, enzyme kinetics, and membrane-bound electron transfer during cellular respiration
  • Canada Gairdner International Award, 1972
  • William H. Nichols Medal from the American Chemical Society, 1970
  • John Price Wetherill Medal from the Franklin Institute, 1966
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1957
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1954
  • Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, in both 1945 and 1947

Best Publications

  • Hydroperoxide metabolism in mammalian organs.

    B Chance;H Sies;A Boveris

  • The assay of catalases and peroxidases.

    Britton Chance;A.C. Maehly

  • The mitochondrial generation of hydrogen peroxide. General properties and effect of hyperbaric oxygen.

    Alberto Boveris;Britton Chance

  • The cellular production of hydrogen peroxide

    Alberto Boveris;Nozomu Oshino;Britton Chance

  • RESPIRATORY ENZYMES IN OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION: I. KINETICS OF OXYGEN UTILIZATION

    Britton Chance;G. R. Williams

  • RESPIRATORY ENZYMES IN OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION III. THE STEADY STATE

    Britton Chance;G. R. Williams

  • Intracellular oxidation-reduction states in vivo.

    Britton Chance;Peter Cohen;Frans Jobsis;Brigitte Schoener

  • Respiratory Enzymes in Oxidative Phosphorylation VII. BINDING OF INTRAMITOCHONDRIAL REDUCED PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE

    Britton Chance;Herrick Baltscheffsky

  • Oxidative phosphorylation and photophosphorylation

    Paul D. Boyer;Britton Chance;Lars Ernster;Peter Mitchell

  • Validation of near-infrared spectroscopy in humans.

    D. M. Mancini;L. Bolinger;Hao Li;K. Kendrick

  • Oxidation-reduction ratio studies of mitochondria in freeze-trapped samples. NADH and flavoprotein fluorescence signals.

    B. Chance;B. Schoener;R. Oshino;F. Itshak

  • Photobiomodulation directly benefits primary neurons functionally inactivated by toxins: role of cytochrome c oxidase.

    Margaret T. T. Wong-Riley;Huan Ling Liang;Janis T. Eells;Britton Chance

  • Recovery from exercise-induced desaturation in the quadriceps muscles of elite competitive rowers

    B. Chance;M. T. Dait;Chengduo Zhang;T. Hamaoka

  • THE ENERGY-LINKED REACTION OF CALCIUM WITH MITOCHONDRIA.

    Britton Chance

  • H2O2 release from human granulocytes during phagocytosis. I. Documentation, quantitation, and some regulating factors.

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  • Respiratory enzymes in oxidative phosphorylation. II. Difference spectra.

    Britton Chance;G. R. Williams

  • Studies on Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase. II. The Kinetics of the Compound of Horse Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Reduced Diphosphopyridine Nucleotide.

    Hugo Theorell;Britton Chance;Hugo Holtermann;Jörgine Stene Sörensen

  • Ketone bodies, potential therapeutic uses.

    Richard L. Veech;Britton Chance;Yoshihiro Kashiwaya;Henry A. Lardy

  • Insulin, ketone bodies, and mitochondrial energy transduction.

    K Sato;Y Kashiwaya;C A Keon;N Tsuchiya

  • Quantitation of time- and frequency-resolved optical spectra for the determination of tissue oxygenation.

    E.M. Sevick;B. Chance;J. Leigh;S. Nioka

  • Spectra and reaction kinetics of respiratory pigments of homogenized and intact cells.

    Britton Chance

Frequent Co-Authors

Arjun G. Yodh
Arjun G. Yodh University of Pennsylvania
Xavier Intes
Xavier Intes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Vasilis Ntziachristos
Vasilis Ntziachristos Technical University of Munich
Qingming Luo
Qingming Luo Hainan University
David A. Boas
David A. Boas Boston University
Jerry D. Glickson
Jerry D. Glickson University of Pennsylvania
Gang Zheng
Gang Zheng University of Toronto
Alberto Boveris
Alberto Boveris University of Buenos Aires
Maria Erecińska
Maria Erecińska University of Pennsylvania
John M. Maris
John M. Maris Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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