Person Rossmann; Michael George (1930 - 2019) Rossmann Michael George 1930 - 2019 American Male Frankfurt, Germany 30/07/1930 19300730 West Lafayette, Indiana, USA 14/05/2019 20190514

Physicist Microbiology Biochemistry Biophysics Crystallography Education: University of London, BSc and MSc;University of Glasgow, PhD (1956) Career: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota (1956); Research Associate, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge (1958); Associate Professor (1964), Professor (1967), Hanley Distinguished Professor (1978), Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University; Director of Purdue X-ray Crystallography laboratory; Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University; School of Medicine, Indiana University Memberships: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1978); National Academy of Sciences (1984); American Association for the Advancement of Science (1999) Attributed his initial interest in crystallography to Kathleen Lonsdale FRS, whom he heard speak as a schoolboy. Worked with Max Perutz FRS on sturcture of hemoglobin Michael Rossmann was a physicist and microbiologist who was the first to map the structure of the virus that causes the common cold in humans at an atomic level. He also discovered a structure that is widely found in nucleotide-binding proteins and is named after him — the Rossmann fold. Early in his career, Michael played a pivotal role in discovering the structure of haemoglobin, the oxygen-transporting protein found in red blood cells. His work then focused on investigating the structure of viruses and their proteins, with his discoveries suggesting a shared origin for plant and animal viruses. In his later work, Michael showed that the dengue virus changes shape when it enters its host, indicating that vaccines should mimic a virus’s shape in the body. Using cryo-electron microscopy, in 2016 his lab reported the first known structure of the Zika virus, responsible for a severe epidemic at the time. Michael was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He won many awards for his work on the cold virus, including the Canada Gairdner International Award, presented for outstanding contributions to medical science. Professor Michael Rossmann ForMemRS died on 14 May 2019. Foreign Member 14/03/1996 65 Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rossmann International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 30 Jul 1930 - 14 May 2019 NA4710 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/7663512 db528fdb-e260-484e-a91d-e603ad4cf585