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biochemist

American  
[bahy-oh-kem-ist] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈkɛm ɪst /

noun

  • biochemists
    plural
  1. a specialist in or student of biochemistry.


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Another name often cited among commentators is Taiwanese-American biochemist Chi-Huey Wong for pioneering synthesis methods for complex carbohydrates and glycoproteins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rose was born in Buffalo, N.Y., the daughter of a biochemist and a dental surgeon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Southern California soils already tend toward high alkalinity, said biochemist Garn Wallace of Wallace Laboratories, which has tested soil for 35 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

Another coauthor on the preprint, Thomas Martinez, a protein biochemist at the University of California, Irvine, and his team are chasing down tiny proteins involved in pancreatic cancer and metabolic diseases.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 24, 2024

I was to write Washington that a major inducement in my wanting to be in Cambridge was the presence of Roy Markham, an English biochemist who worked with plant viruses.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

According to Pappu, this work "provides an elegant solution to the challenge that many biochemists see for the condensate concept."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

Biologists as well as chemists and biochemists can be forensic scientists.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

A team of biochemists in Vancouver, British Columbia, had spent years quietly revolutionizing ways of ferrying genetic material into cells.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2022

One award went to the biochemists who discovered how to smuggle genetic material called messenger RNA into cells, leading to the development of a new class of vaccine.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2021

To be sure, he got active and very necessary help from some biochemists.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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