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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
20515
World Ranking
3389
National Ranking
1703

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his discovery of the principle of suicide inhibitors for enzymes and for an example of that principle. His discovery points the way to the rational design of therapeutic agents.", Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on July 15, 1988.
  • 1988 - Oesper Award, University of Cincinnati and American Chemical Society
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1965 - Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1964 - Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
  • 1960 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1956 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1953 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Konrad Bloch was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields, predominantly Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in their work included:

  • High Altitude and Hypoxia
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Travel-related health issues
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications

Konrad Bloch published frequently in these venues:

  • ERJ Open Research
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Frontiers in Medicine
  • High Altitude Medicine & Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators included:

  • Silvia Ulrich
  • Michaël Furian
  • Mona Lichtblau
  • Simon Schneider
  • Stéphanie Saxer

Some notable recent papers associated with their research are:

  • Anti-IgLON5 Disease, 2021, published in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation: Recommendations of the Swiss Society of Pulmonology, 2020, published in Respiration
  • Cardiac function and pulmonary hypertension in Central Asian highlanders at 3250 m, 2020, published in European Respiratory Journal
  • Alpine altitude climate treatment for severe and uncontrolled asthma: An EAACI position paper, 2022, published in Allergy
  • Influence of Upright Versus Supine Position on Resting and Exercise Hemodynamics in Patients Assessed for Pulmonary Hypertension, 2022, published in Journal of the American Heart Association

Throughout their career, Konrad Bloch received several awards including the Nobel Prize in 1964 for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism, the US President's National Medal of Science in 1988, and various fellowships such as those from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They were also a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Sterol Structure and Membrane Function

    Konrad Bloch

  • The Biological Synthesis of Cholesterol

    Konrad Bloch

  • The formation of delta 9-unsaturated fatty acids.

    D.K. Bloomfield;Konrad Bloch

  • Control Mechanisms in the Synthesis of Saturated Fatty Acids

    K Bloch;D Vance

  • Inhibition of fatty acid synthetases by the antibiotic cerulenin

    D. Vance;I. Goldberg;O. Mitsuhashi;K. Bloch

  • The absence of sterol synthesis in insects.

    A.J. Clark;Konrad Bloch

  • THE BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION OF CHOLESTEROL TO CHOLIC ACID

    Konrad Bloch;Benjamin N. Berg;D. Rittenberg

  • Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Microorganisms

    Günter Scheuerbrandt;Konrad Bloch

  • Mevalonic acid pyrophosphate and isopentenylpyrophosphate.

    Konrad Bloch;S. Chaykin;A.H. Phillips;A. de Waard

  • BIOSYNTHESIS OF UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN MICROORGANISMS.

    Joseph Erwin;Konrad Bloch

  • THE STEREOSPECIFIC CONVERSION OF STEARIC ACID TO OLEIC ACID.

    George J. Schroepfer;Konrad Bloch

  • On the origin of unsaturated fatty acids in clostridia.

    Howard Goldfine;Konrad Bloch

  • On the utilization of acetic acid for cholesterol formation.

    Konrad Bloch;D. Rittenberg

  • Lipid Metabolism of Ciliated Protozoa

    Joseph Erwin;Konrad Bloch

  • ω-Oxidation of Long Chain Fatty Acids in Rat Liver

    B. Preiss;Konrad Bloch

  • Studies on Squalene Epoxidase of Rat Liver

    Shozo Yamamoto;Konrad Bloch

  • Enzymatic Desaturation of Stearyl Acyl Carrier Protein

    J. Nagai;Konrad Bloch

  • Purification and properties of fatty acyl thioesterase I from Escherichia coli.

    William M. Bonner;Konrad Bloch

  • An estimation of acetic acid formation in the rat.

    Konrad Bloch;D. Rittenberg

  • THE UTILIZATION OF ACETIC ACID FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF FATTY ACIDS

    D. Rittenberg;Konrad Bloch

Frequent Co-Authors

D. Rittenberg
D. Rittenberg Columbia University
Rudolf Schoenheimer
Rudolf Schoenheimer Columbia University
Dennis E. Vance
Dennis E. Vance University of Alberta
Raymond J. Bergeron
Raymond J. Bergeron University of Florida
Robert R. Rando
Robert R. Rando University of Padua
Henry Paulus
Henry Paulus Boston Biomedical Research Institute
Gottfried Fraenkel
Gottfried Fraenkel University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ronald M. Levy
Ronald M. Levy Temple University
E. J. Corey
E. J. Corey Harvard University

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