Nine Choucroun, born Fortunée Schecroun (October 6, 1896 – December 10, 1978) was a French

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

. She was director of research at the

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in Paris. She developed, ''inter alia'', the

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. Collaborator of

Jean Perrin Jean Baptiste Perrin (; 30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French atomic physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation o ...

, she became his partner after the death of his wife Henriette in 1938. She managed to board the

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''Massilia'' that allowed them to escape with part of the French government in June 1940 to

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, boarding later the ''SS Excambion'' in December 1941, arriving in New York City on December 23, 1941.Diane Dosso, " Le plan de sauvetage des scientifiques français, New York, 1940–1942 ", ''Revue de synthèse'', Vol. 127, Nr. 2, octobre 2006, p. 429-451

Nine Choucroun Prize

Nine Choucroun wanted to encourage young researchers to research in the area, very wide, from the physico-chemical biology. The Nine Choucroun Prize, annual, was created in December 1980 by her heirs. The value of the prize until 2008 was €5,000 and has been raised to €8,000 in 2011. This prize, awarded under the auspices of the physico-chemical Biology Institute and the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, is aimed at young researchers working in the field of physico-chemical biology.

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Prix Nine Choucroun

References

* Micheline Charpentier-Morize, ''Perrin, savant et homme politique'', Paris, Belin, 1997 {{DEFAULTSORT:Choucron, Nine Pieds-noirs French biochemists Women biochemists 20th-century American women scientists 1896 births 1978 deaths Emigrants from French Algeria to France French emigrants to the United States 20th-century American biochemists 20th-century French women scientists People from Oran