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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1964 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1953 - Nobel Prize for his discovery of the citric acid cycle
  • 1953 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation

Overview

H. A. Krebs was affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their academic career included significant contributions in biochemistry, most notably recognized by major awards in the field.

Krebs is known for the discovery of the citric acid cycle, a fundamental biochemical process in cellular metabolism. This discovery has been central to understanding energy production in living organisms.

The scientist received several prestigious honors, including the Nobel Prize in 1953 for the discovery of the citric acid cycle and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in the same year. In 1964, Krebs became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Redox State of Free Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide in the Cytoplasm and Mitochondria of Rat Liver

    D. H. Williamson;Patricia Lund;H. A. Krebs

  • Cytosolic phosphorylation potential.

    R L Veech;J W Lawson;N W Cornell;H A Krebs

  • Synthesis of cell constituents from C2-units by a modified tricarboxylic acid cycle.

    H L Kornberg;H A Krebs

  • The redox state of free nicotinamide–adenine dinucleotide phosphate in the cytoplasm of rat liver

    R. L. Veech;L. V. Eggleston;H. A. Krebs

  • Ketone-body utilization by adult and suckling rat brain in vivo

    R. A. Hawkins;D. H. Williamson;H. A. Krebs

  • Metabolism of amino-acids

    Unknown

  • Regulation of the pentose phosphate cycle

    Leonard V. Eggleston;Hans A. Krebs

  • Utilization of energy-providing substrates in the isolated working rat heart.

    H Taegtmeyer;R Hems;H A Krebs

  • Metabolism of amino-acids

    Unknown

  • The cause of hepatic accumulation of fructose 1-phosphate on fructose loading

    H. F. Woods;L. V. Eggleston;H. A. Krebs

  • The rate of gluconeogenesis from various precursors in the perfused rat liver.

    B. D. Ross;R. Hems;H. A. Krebs

  • Studies on the mechanism of the antifungal action of benzoate.

    H A Krebs;D Wiggins;M Stubbs;A Sols

  • Activities of enzymes involved in acetoacetate utilization in adult mammalian tissues.

    D. H. Williamson;Margaret W. Bates;M. Ann Page;H. A. Krebs

  • Inhibition of hepatic gluconeogenesis by ethanol

    H. A. Krebs;R. A. Freedland;R. Hems;Marion Stubbs

  • Some reactions of adenosine and inosine phosphates in animal tissues

    Unknown

  • The fuel of respiration of rat kidney cortex

    M. J. Weidemann;H. A. Krebs

  • The August Krogh principle: “For many problems there is an animal on which it can be most conveniently studied”

    Hans A. Krebs

  • Activities of enzymes of ketone-body utilization in brain and other tissues of suckling rats

    M A Page;H A Krebs;D H Williamson

  • The regulation of the release of ketone bodies by the liver

    Krebs Ha

  • Equilibrium relations between the cytoplasmic adenine nucleotide system and nicotinamide–adenine nucleotide system in rat liver

    R. L. Veech;L. Raijman;H. A. Krebs

  • Some aspects of the regulation of fuel supply in omnivorous animals

    H.A. Krebs

  • Equilibrium relations between the oxidation–reduction reactions and the adenosine triphosphate synthesis in suspensions of isolated liver cells

    David F. Wilson;Marion Stubbs;Richard L. Veech;Maria Erecińska

  • The physiological role of liver alcohol dehydrogenase.

    H. A. Krebs;J. R. Perkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Veech
Richard L. Veech National Institutes of Health
Jose Viña
Jose Viña University of Valencia
Maria Erecińska
Maria Erecińska University of Pennsylvania
Eric A. Newsholme
Eric A. Newsholme University of Oxford
David F. Wilson
David F. Wilson University of Pennsylvania
Jack E. Baldwin
Jack E. Baldwin University of Oxford
Heinrich Taegtmeyer
Heinrich Taegtmeyer The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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