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Jens Christian Skou
Biochemist

Jens Christian Skou

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Discovering the sodium-potassium pump enzyme.

Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase · Nobel Prize

Born
8 October 1918
Birthplace
Lemvig
Died
28 May 2018

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Jens Christian Skou

Jens Christian Skou was a Danish physician and biochemist whose membrane-enzyme research earned a share of the 1997 chemistry Nobel Prize.

Early life

Medical education

Graduated from Copenhagen in 1944 and later received a doctorate.

Career

  1. 1947

    Aarhus

    Joined Aarhus University.

  2. 1977

    Biophysics

    Became professor of biophysics.

  3. 1988

    Retirement

    Retired while maintaining research interests.

Contributions

Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase

Identified the enzyme associated with sodium and potassium transport.

Nobel Prize

Shared the chemistry award with Paul Boyer and John Walker.

Beyond research

Later years

Continued following scientific publications well into his nineties.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Skou2008.jpg: Lars Kruse derivative work: Materialscientist (talk). CC BY-SA 2.5 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.