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Place of Birth: Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
About Alexander Spirin
- Alexander Sergeevich Spirin (Russian: ????????? ????????? ??????) (born September 4, 1931) is a Russian biochemist, Distinguished Professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (since 1999), a former Director of Institute of Protein Research Russian Academy of Sciences, Puschino (??????-??-???), Moscow Region (?????????? ???????), Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences.
- His primary scientific interests in biochemistry include nucleic acids and protein biosynthesis. In 1957 together with Andrey Nikolayevich Belozersky (?????? ?????????? ???????????) he conducted comparative analysis of bacterial DNA and RNA, and predicted existence of messenger RNA.
- He gave the first qualitative description of the structure of high-polymer RNA (1959–61).
- In 1963 he discovered structural transitions of ribosomes and formulated one of the principles of structure of ribosomes.
- He discovered artificial ribosomal self-assembly (1963–66).
- Proposed a molecular mechanism of the ribosome role in protein synthesis (1968).
- He conducted extra-cellular protein synthesis on modified ribosomes — non-enzymatic translation (together with L.P.
- Gavrilova) (1970–74). In 1957, he defended his Candidate's Dissertation. In 1962, he defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1964, he received the title of Professor. He was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1966 and full member in 1970. Dr.
- Spirin was awarded the Sir Hans Krebs Medal in 1969, elected an Honorary Fellow of University of Granada in 1972 and awarded the prestigious Demidov Prize in 2013.
- In 1974 he was elected a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
- He was elected a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in April 2019.
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