Perutz

[ per-uhts, puh-roots ]

noun

1. Max Ferdinand, 1914–2002, English chemist, born in Austria: Nobel Prize 1962.

Perutz

/ pəˈrʊts /

noun

1. PerutzMax Ferdinand19142002MBritishAustrianSCIENCE: chemist Max Ferdinand. 1914–2002, British biochemist, born in Austria. With J. C. Kendrew, he worked on the structure of haemoglobin and shared the Nobel prize for chemistry 1962

Perutz

/ pə-ro̅o̅ts′,pĕr′əts /

1. Austrian-born British biochemist who determined the structure of hemoglobin, demonstrating that it is composed of four chains of molecules. For this work he shared with John Kendrew the 1962 Nobel Prize for chemistry.

Example Sentences

A new study led by molecular biologist Florian Raible from the Max Perutz Labs at the University of Vienna has now provided new insights.

From Science Daily

Dr. Perutz later gave this report to Dr. Crick and Dr. Watson.

From New York Times

Perutz was working on molecular structures, and it was the closest that Watson could get to Wilkins’s image, whose haunting, prophetic shadows he could not get out of his brain.

From Literature

In 1947, a photo by Carl Perutz for Life magazine captured her in borrowed men’s clothes — baggy trousers and an old sweater she rolled up at the sleeves — and set off a brief fashion trend.

From Washington Post

Perutz is among an influx of international artists and gallerists who have helped transform the city’s cultural fabric over the past decade.

From Washington Post