Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius (10 August 1902 – 29 October 1971) was a Swedish

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who won the

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in 1948 ''"for his research on

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and

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analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins."''

Education

Tiselius was born in

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. Following the death of his father, the family moved to

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where he went to school, and after graduation at the local "Realgymnasium" in 1921, he studied at the

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, specializing in

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Career and research

Tiselius became a research assistant at

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's laboratory in 1925 and obtained his doctoral degree in 1930 on ''"The Moving Boundary Method of Studying the

Electrophoresis Electrophoresis is the motion of charged dispersed particles or dissolved charged molecules relative to a fluid under the influence of a spatially uniform electric field. As a rule, these are zwitterions with a positive or negative net ch ...

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"''. From then to 1935 he published a number of papers on

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and

in naturally occurring base-exchanging

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, and these studies continued during a year's visit to

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's laboratory in

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with support of a

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fellowship. On his return to

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he resumed his interest in proteins, and the application of physical methods to

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problems. This led to a much-improved method of electrophoretic analysis which he refined in subsequent years. Tiselius took an active part in the reorganization of scientific research in Sweden in the years following

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, and was President of the

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1951–1955. He was chairman of the board for the

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from 1960 to 1964.

Quotation from Arne Tiselius

We live in a world where unfortunately the distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by manipulation of facts, by exploitation of uncritical minds, and by the pollution of the language. ''Arne Tiselius''

Awards and honours

*1948

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* 1949 Elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences * 1953 Elected to the

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*1957 Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS). *1961

Paul Karrer Gold Medal The Paul Karrer Gold Medal and Lecture is awarded annually or biennially by the University of Zurich to an outstanding researcher in the field of chemistry. It was established in 1959 by a group of leading companies, including CIBA AG, J.R. Gei ...

*1964 Elected to the

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The lunar crater Tiselius was named in his honour.

Personal life

Tiselius was married, with two children. He died of a heart attack 29 October 1971 in

. His wife died in 1986.Ingrid Margareta Tiselius (Dahlén) (1905 - 1986) - Genealogy
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References

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* including the Nobel Lecture on December 13, 1948 ''Electrophoresis and Adsorption Analysis as Aids in Investigations of Large Molecular Weight Substances and Their Breakdown Products'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiselius, Arne 1902 births 1971 deaths Scientists from Stockholm Swedish biochemists Uppsala University alumni Swedish Nobel laureates Academic staff of Uppsala University Nobel laureates in Chemistry Foreign members of the Royal Society Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Burials at Uppsala old cemetery Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin International members of the American Philosophical Society Recipients of Franklin Medal