| Birth date | March 9, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Brooklyn, New York |
| Death date | July 2, 2011 (aged 90) |
| Death place | Pikesville, Maryland |
| Fields | Biochemistry Organic Chemistry |
| Workplaces | University of Michigan Johns Hopkins University |
| Alma mater | City College of New York University of Wisconsin (Ph.D, 1948) |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Paul Link |
| Academic advisors | Albert Dorfman |
| Notable students | Donald Comb |
| Known for | Glycobiology Published the first correct structure of Sialic acid |
| Spouse | Martha Roseman |
Saul Roseman (March 9, 1921 - July 2, 2011) was an American biochemist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Among many discoveries related to carbohydrate biochemistry,[1][2][3] he discovered the phosphotransferase system in bacteria.[4]
Awards
- 1971 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[5]
- 1972 Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1974 Rosenstiel Award (together with H. Ronald Kaback)[6]
- 1981 Gairdner Foundation International Award[7]
- 1984 Honorary Doctorate of the University of Lund
- 1993 Karl Meyer Award of the Society for Glycobiology
References
- ^ "Biography of Professor Dr. Saul Roseman". Glycoconjugate Journal. 20 (1): 7. 2003. doi:10.1023/B:GLYC.0000016750.06379.10. ISSN 0282-0080. S2CID 43075241
- ^ Simoni, Robert D. (2011-11-08). "Saul Roseman: His many contributions to biochemistry over eight decades". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (45): 18219–18220. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10818219S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1116475108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3215078. PMID 22032927
- ^ Schnaar, R. L. & Jourdian, G. W. (2011-11-01). "Obituary: Saul Roseman, 1921-2011". Glycobiology. 21 (11): 1393–1394. doi:10.1093/glycob/cwr132. ISSN 0959-6658. PMID 21994330
- ^ Kundig W, Roseman S (1971) Sugar transport. I. Isolation of a phosphotransferase system from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 246:1393–1406.
- ^ Book of Members 1780–Present (PDF, 159 kB) der American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org)
- ^ Past Rosenstiel Awards, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center – Brandeis University
- ^ Saul Roseman, Ph.D. of the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org)