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72
Citations
23818
World Ranking
5170
National Ranking
1607

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1965 - US President's National Medal of Science "For classic studies of the chemistry of blood and of amino acid metabolism, and for the quantitative biochemical methodology underlying much of clinical medicine.", Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 10, 1966.
  • 1962 - AMA Scientific Achievement Award, American Medical Association
  • 1921 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Donald D. Van Slyke was affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their career encompassed various contributions to the field of biochemical research, particularly relating to the chemistry of blood and amino acid metabolism.

Throughout their career, Van Slyke received several notable awards. These include the US President's National Medal of Science in 1965, awarded "For classic studies of the chemistry of blood and of amino acid metabolism, and for the quantitative biochemical methodology underlying much of clinical medicine," presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 10, 1966.

Additional recognitions included the AMA Scientific Achievement Award from the American Medical Association in 1962. They were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1921 and were also a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

The scientist's research primarily involved biochemical methods with clinical applications, focusing on quantitative approaches to understanding blood chemistry and metabolic pathways involving amino acids. Their work contributed foundational knowledge that informed subsequent clinical methodologies.

Best Publications

  • The determination of gases in blood and other solutions by vacuum extraction and manometric measurement. I.

    Donald D. Van Slyke;James M. Neill

  • Quantitative clinical chemistry

    John Punnett Peters;Donald Dexter Van Slyke

  • MANOMETRIC CARBON DETERMINATION

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Jordi Folch

  • THE GASOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF FREE AMINO ACIDS IN BLOOD FILTRATES BY THE NINHYDRIN-CARBON DIOXIDE METHOD

    Paul B. Hamilton;Donald D. Van Slyke

  • ON THE MEASUREMENT OF BUFFER VALUES AND ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF BUFFER VALUE TO THE DISSOCIATION CONSTANT OF THE BUFFER AND THE CONCENTRATION AND REACTION OF THE BUFFER SOLUTION

    Donald D. Van Slyke

  • GASOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF CARBOXYL GROUPS IN FREE AMINO ACIDS

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Robert T. Dillon;Douglas A. MacFadyen;Paul Hamilton

  • STUDIES OF GAS AND ELECTROLYTE EQUILIBRIA IN THE BLOOD V. FACTORS CONTROLLING THE ELECTROLYTE AND WATER DISTRIBUTION IN THE BLOOD

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Hsien Wu;Franklin C. McLean

  • A study of conditions for Kjeldahl determination of nitrogen in proteins; description of methods with mercury as catalyst, and titrimetric and gasometric measurements of the ammonia formed.

    Alma. Hiller;John. Plazin;Donald D. Van Slyke

  • THE DETERMINATION OF CHLORIDES IN BLOOD AND TISSUES

    Donald D. Van Slyke

  • STUDIES OF ACIDOSIS: I. THE BICARBONATE CONCENTRATION OF THE BLOOD PLASMA; ITS SIGNIFICANCE, AND ITS DETERMINATION AS A MEASURE OF ACIDOSIS

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Glenn E. Cullen

  • STUDIES OF GAS AND ELECTROLYTE EQUILIBRIA IN BLOOD: XV. LINE CHARTS FOR GRAPHIC CALCULATIONS BY THE HENDERSON-HASSELBALCH EQUATION, AND FOR CALCULATING PLASMA CARBON DIOXIDE CONTENT FROM WHOLE BLOOD CONTENT

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Julius Sendroy

  • STUDIES OF GAS AND ELECTROLYTE EQUILIBRIA IN BLOOD: XVII. THE EFFECT OF OXYGENATION AND REDUCTION ON THE CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION CURVE AND THE pK' OF WHOLE BLOOD

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Julius Sendroy

  • REAGENTS FOR THE VAN SLYKE-FOLCH WET CARBON COMBUSTION

    Donald D. Van Slyke;John Plazin;James R. Weisiger

  • A PERMANENT PREPARATION OF UREASE, AND ITS USE IN THE DETERMINATION OF UREA

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Glenn E. Cullen

  • MANOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF PRIMARY AMINO NITROGEN AND ITS APPLICATION TO BLOOD ANALYSIS

    Donald D. Van Slyke

  • Glutamine as source material of urinary ammonia.

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Robert A. Phillips;Paul B. Hamilton;Reginald M. Archibald

  • STUDIES OF GAS AND ELECTROLYTE EQUILIBRIA IN BLOOD XIX. THE SOLUBILITY AND PHYSICAL STATE OF UNCOMBINED OXYGEN IN BLOOD

    Julius Sendroy;Robert T. Dillon;Donald D. Van Slyke

  • STUDIES OF ACIDOSIS: VIII. THE DETERMINATION OF β-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID, ACETOACETIC ACID, AND ACETONE IN BLOOD

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Reginald Fitz

  • MEASUREMENT OF SPECIFIC GRAVITIES OF WHOLE BLOOD AND PLASMA BY STANDARD COPPER SULFATE SOLUTIONS

    Robert A. Phillips;Donald D. Van Slyke;Paul B. Hamilton;Vincent P. Dole

  • STUDIES OF GAS AND ELECTROLYTE EQUILIBRIA IN BLOOD: X. THE SOLUBILITY OF CARBON DIOXIDE AT 38° IN WATER, SALT SOLUTION, SERUM, AND BLOOD CELLS

    Donald D. Van Slyke;Julius Sendroy;A. Baird Hastings;James M. Neill

  • THE DETERMINATION OF GASES IN BLOOD AND OTHER SOLUTIONS BY VACUUM EXTRACTION AND MANOMETRIC MEASUREMENT: III. GASOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF METHEMOGLOBIN

    Donald D. van Slyke

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