| RefNo | EC/1969/19 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVIII, 130 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Klug, Aaron: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Mathematical physicist and crystallographer distinguished for his contributions to molecular biology, especially the structure of viruses. Development of a theory of simultaneous temperature and phase changes in steels led him to apply related mathematical methods to the problem of diffusion and chemical reactions of gases in thin layers of haemoglobin solutions and in red blood cells. Then the late Rosalind Franklin introduced him to the x-ray study of tobacco mosaic virus to which he contributed by his application and further development of Cochran and Crick's theory of diffraction from helical chain molecules. Klug's most important work is concerned with the structure of spherical viruses. Together with D. Caspar he developed a general theory of spherical shells built up of a regular array of asymmetric particles. Klug and his collaborators verified the theory by x-ray and electron microscope studies, thereby revealing new and hitherto unsuspected features of virus structure. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7313 | Klug; Sir; Aaron (1926 - 2018) | 1926 - 2018 |