- Maurice M. Rapport
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Maurice M. Rapport (né Rapoport) (September 23, 1919 Atlantic City - August 18, 2011) was leading biochemist who described the structure of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT). [1]
Life
He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, obtained his bachelor's degree at City College in 1940, and earned his doctorate at Caltech in 1946.
He was a researcher for the Cleveland Clinic, with Irvine Page. He was a Fulbright scholar, at Istituto Superiore di Sanità, where he worked with Daniel Bovet. He was a researcher at Columbia University, the Sloan-Kettering Institute, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He retired in 1986.
References
- ^ "Maurice M. Rapport, Who Studied Serotonin, Dies at 91". New York Times. September 3, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/health/03rapport.html.
Categories:- American Jews
- Jewish American scientists
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- 1919 births
- 2011 deaths
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