Brunó Ferenc Straub
| Brunó Ferenc Straub | |
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| 6th Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council | |
| In office June 29, 1988 – October 18, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Károly Németh |
| Succeeded by | Mátyás Szűrös |
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| Born | January 5, 1914 Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) |
| Died | February 15, 1996 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
The native form of this personal name is Straub Ferenc Brunó. This article uses the Western name order.
Brunó Ferenc Straub (January 5, 1914, Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) – February 15, 1996) was a biochemist. As a young scholar he was a research assistant of Albert Szent-Györgyi at the University of Szeged, and subsequently worked at the Molteno Institute, Cambridge, UK. He is credited with the discovery of actin. He founded the Biological Research Centre in Szeged. He was the Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council from June 29, 1988 to October 18, 1989. He proposed the theory of conformational selection in 1964; the same year the MWC model was proposed.
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| Preceded by Károly Németh |
Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council 1988–1989 |
Succeeded by Mátyás Szűrös as President of Hungary |
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