Luis Federico Leloir
Chemist, Academic
1906 – 1987
Who was Luis Federico Leloir?
Luis Federico Leloir ForMemRS was an Argentine physician and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Although born in France, Leloir received the majority of his education at the University of Buenos Aires and was director of the private research group Fundación Instituto Campomar until his death in 1987. Although his laboratories were often plagued by lack of financial support and second-rate equipment, his research into sugar nucleotides, carbohydrate metabolism, and renal hypertension has garnered international attention and fame and has led to significant progress in understanding, diagnosing and treating the congenital disease galactosemia. Luis Leloir is buried in La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
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- Born
- Sep 6, 1906
Paris - Also known as
- Лелуар, Луис Федерико
- 卢伊斯·弗德里科·莱洛伊尔
- Ethnicity
- Basque people
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Profession
- Education
- University of Buenos Aires
- Employment
- Washington University in St. Louis
- University of Buenos Aires
- University of Cambridge
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Dec 2, 1987
Buenos Aires - Resting place
- La Recoleta Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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