Brian Hemmings | |
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Born | Brian Arthur Hemmings |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham (BSc) University of East Anglia (PhD) |
Awards | Cloëtta Prize (2000) FRS (2009) |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | The Regulation of Glutamate Metabolism in Yeast (1975) |
Website | Brian A. Hemmings |
Brian Arthur Hemmings FRS is a British biochemist, and Senior Group Leader, at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research. [1] He is a member of the Faculty of 1000. [2] [3]
He was educated at the University of Nottingham (BSc, 1972) and the University of East Anglia (PhD, 1975). [4]
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