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Andrew Alm Benson (September 24, 1917 – January 16, 2015) was an American biologist and a professor of biology at the University of California, San Diego, until his retirement in 1989. He is known for his work in understanding the carbon cycle in plants.
1 apr 2015 · On January 16, 2015, Professor Andrew Alm Benson, one of the leading plant biochemists of the twentieth century, died in La Jolla, California, at the age of 97; he was born on September 24, 1917. Benson was known especially for his pioneering studies on photosynthesis (CO2 assimilation, carbon reduction cycle) and plant lipids ...
- Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler, Bob B. Buchanan, Roland Douce, Govindjee
- 2015
3 lug 2017 · Andrew A. Benson has been called “ The Atomic Man ” for his bold biomolecular explorations utilizing radiolabeled chemicals during the nuclear era of the 1940s—his concepts set the course for the discoveries of many metabolic pathways based on his eponymous protocol (see G. Lorimer in Nonomura et al. ( 2016) for Benson’s Protocol ).
- Arthur M. Nonomura, Barry Holtz, Karl Y. Biel, Robert Cooney, George Lorimer, Govindjee
- 2017
A new video, titled "A Conversation with Andrew Benson: Reflections on the Discovery of the Calvin-Benson Cycle," captures Benson's perspective on this collaboration. Ernest Lawrence, director of what became the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, saw the research potential of carbon-14, a radioactive isotope that became available after the ...
2 set 2015 · Andrew A. Benson, one of the greatest and much loved scientists of our century, passed away on January 16, 2015; he was born on September 24, 1917. A grand celebration of his life was held on February 6, 2015, in California. Here, we present one of his photographs and key excerpts from what was said then, and soon thereafter.
- Arthur Nonomura, George Lorimer, Barry Holtz, Victor Vacquier, Karl Y. Biel, Govindjee
- 2016
23 gen 2015 · Andrew Alm Benson, a distinguished emeritus professor of biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, and renowned as one of the world’s leading plant scientists of the twentieth century, died peacefully from natural causes on Jan. 16, 2015, at UC San Diego’s Thornton Hospital. He was 97.
23 gen 2015 · Andrew Alm Benson, a distinguished emeritus professor of biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, and renowned as one of the world’s leading plant scientists of the twentieth century, died peacefully from natural causes on Jan. 16, 2015, at UC San Diego’s Thornton Hospital. He was 97.