George Emil Palade

George E. Palade
George E. Palade
	File:RO033-16.jpg Palade on a 2016 Romanian stamp
Born	George Emil Palade; November 19, 1912; Iași, Romania
Died	October 7, 2008 (aged 95); Del Mar, California, USA
Nationality	Romanian
Known for	Ribosomes, Rough ER; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995
	Scientific career
Fields	Cell biology

George Emil Palade (November 19, 1912 – October 8, 2008) was a Romanian cell biologist. He is best known for the innovations in electron microscopy and cell fractionation which helped lay the foundations of modern molecular cell biology.

Palade was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974. He won the award "for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell". He shared it with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve.^[1] Palade was described as "the most influential cell biologist ever"^[2]

Related pages

List of Romanian natural scientists

References

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George E. Palade
File:RO033-16.jpg Palade on a 2016 Romanian stamp
Born	George Emil Palade (1912-11-19)November 19, 1912^[1] Iași, Romania^[1]
Died	October 7, 2008(2008-10-07) (aged 95)^[1] Del Mar, California, USA
Nationality	Romanian
Known for	Ribosomes, Rough ER Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995
Scientific career
Fields	Cell biology