Hans Kornberg

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Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, FRS (born 14 January 1928) is a British biologist. German born, he gained his BSc and PhD degrees from the University of Sheffield, where he collaborated with Sir Hans Krebs. Currently a professor in the Cell and Molecular Biology Department of Boston University, he held the Sir William Dunn Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge 1975–1995, and was Master of Christ's College, Cambridge 1982–1995. From 1960 to 1975 he held the Chair in Biochemistry at the University of Leicester.

His major research area is microbial biochemistry.

Professor Kornberg is a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association.

[edit] Trivia

Kornberg's neckwear of choice is a bow tie; his rationale for wearing one is 'Have you ever caught a regular tie in a Bunsen burner?'^{[citation needed]}

He is a big fan of the Marx Brothers.^{[citation needed]}

He was editor of the Sheffield University Rag Magazine Twikker in 1947.

[edit] Sources

• British Humanist Society Distinguished Supporters
• Jewish Year Book, 2005, p.214: List of Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society

[edit] External links

• Current research interests (Boston University Biology Department)
• Kornberg HL (2003) Memoirs of a biochemical hod carrier. J Biol Chem 278: 9993–10001