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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1968 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1959 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Myron L. Bender was affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their academic career encompassed research contributions recognized by several notable awards and honors. Bender was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, elected in 1968, reflecting recognition at a national level for contributions to science.

Earlier in their career, Bender was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963. This fellowship is granted to individuals who have made scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Additionally, Bender received a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1959, an organization known for supporting early-career scientists and scholars.

Throughout their professional life, Bender's work primarily focused on scientific fields and subfields, though specific areas are not enumerated in the available data. Likewise, the absence of data on publication venues, frequent co-authors, or details of published papers limits a deeper review of their scholarly output.

Despite the lack of detailed publication records, the recorded honors indicate a career engaged in significant scientific research and academic collaboration. The fellowships and memberships denote a sustained presence in the scientific community from at least the late 1950s through the late 1960s.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of Catalysis of Nucleophilic Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives.

    Myron L. Bender

  • Acceleration of phenyl ester cleavage by cycloamyloses. A model for enzymic specificity

    Robert L. VanEtten;John F. Sebastian;George A. Clowes;Myron L. Bender

  • Mechanism of Action of Proteolytic Enzymes

    Bender Ml;Kezdy J

  • The determination of the concentration of hydrolytic enzyme solutions: alpha-chymotrypsin, trypsin, papain, elastase, subtilisin, and acetylcholinesterase.

    Bender Ml;Begué-Cantón Ml;Blakeley Rl;Brubacher Lj

  • The mechanism of the cycloamylose-accelerated cleavage of phenyl esters

    Robert L. VanEtten;George A. Clowes;John F. Sebastian;Myron L. Bender

  • Miniature organic models of enzymes

    Valerian T. D'Souza;Myron L. Bender

  • The kinetics of the alpha-chymotrypsin-catalyzed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate.

    Ferenc J. Kezdy;Myron L. Bender

  • A New Enzyme Containing a Synthetically Formed Active Site. Thiol-Subtilisin1

    Laszlo Polgar;Myron L. Bender

  • Kinetics of Papain-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of α-N-Benzoyl-L-arginine Ethyl Ester and α-N-Benzoyl-L-argininamide1

    John R. Whitaker;Myron L. Bender

  • The Current Status of the -Chymotrypsin Mechanism

    Myron L. Bender;Ferenc J. Kezdy

  • The Anatomy of an Enzymatic Catalysis. -Chymotrypsin

    Myron L. Bender;Ferenc J. Kezdy;Claude R. Gunter

  • OXYGEN EXCHANGE AS EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF AN INTERMEDIATE IN ESTER HYDROLYSIS

    Myron L. Bender

  • Kinetic Evidence for the Formation of Acyl-Enzyme Intermediates in the -Chymotrypsin-Catalyzed Hydrolyses of Specific Substrates

    Burt. Zerner;Richard P. M. Bond;Myron L. Bender

  • The Correlation of the pH (pD) Dependence and the Stepwise Mechanism of -Chymotrypsin-Catalyzed Reactions

    Myron L. Bender;Gerald E. Clement;Ferenc J. Kezdy;Henry D'a. Heck

  • Alpha-chymotrypsin: enzyme concentration and kinetics.

    Myron L. Bender;Ferenc J. Kezdy;Fred C. Wedler

  • Acetylation of human serum albumin by p-nitrophenyl acetate.

    Gary E. Means;Myron L. Bender

  • The Reaction of Benzyl Halides with the Sodium Salt of 2-Nitropropane.1 A General Synthesis of Substituted Benzaldehydes

    H. B. Hass;Myron L. Bender

  • The Kinetic Consequences of the Acyl-Enzyme Mechanism for the Reactions of Specific Substrates with Chymotrypsin

    Burt. Zerner;Myron L. Bender

  • The Kinetics of -Chymotrypsin Reactions in the Presence of Added Nucleophiles

    Myron L. Bender;Gerald E. Clement;Claude R. Gunter;Ferenc J. Kezdy

  • The Imidazole-catalyzed Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Acetate1

    Myron L. Bender;Byron W. Turnquest

Frequent Co-Authors

Burt Zerner
Burt Zerner University of Queensland
Makoto Komiyama
Makoto Komiyama University of Tokyo
Pablo Valenzuela
Pablo Valenzuela Novartis (United States)
John R. Whitaker
John R. Whitaker University of California, Davis
Raymond J. Bergeron
Raymond J. Bergeron University of Florida

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