| RefNo | EC/1991/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Lilly, Malcolm Douglas: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1988 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Distinguished for his contributions to academic biochemical engineering and its industrial applications. His earlier work led to new ideas on the effects of different nutrients and growth rates on the synthesis of bacterial enzymes in continuous culture; he pioneered studies on large-scale production and isolation of microbial enzymes; the studies on fermentation systems were later extended to mammalian cell cultures. His work on enzyme immobilization led to industrial processes for penicillin acylase, used for de-acylation of penicillin for producing the semi-synthetic penicillins, and for cholesterol oxidase, now widely used in clinical analysis. He has also made significant contributions to the design and operation of biochemical reactors. Recently, he has been one of the major international leaders in the application of microorganisms and their enzymes to reactions involving water-insoluble reactants and products. He has led the biochemical engineering group at University College for over 25 years. He was the first professor of biochemical engineering in the U.K. and played a leading part in the recognition of biochemical engineering as a scientific discipline in its own right. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3621 | Lilly; Malcolm Douglas (1936 - 1998) | 1936 - 1998 |