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biochemist

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

noun

  1. a specialist in or student of biochemistry.


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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

In 2016, Marcus Oliveira, a biochemist at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, submitted a study on the metabolism of a tropical parasite to a mainstream open-access journal based in the United States.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 4, 2024

"I was shocked at how many households were above the new 200 ppm guideline," said Gabriel Filippelli, a biochemist at Indiana University who led the new study.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose research on fungi helped to lay the groundwork for widely prescribed drugs that lower a type of cholesterol that contributes to heart disease, died on June 5.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2024

So I was not faced with the prospect of absorbing chemistry until I went to Copenhagen to do my postdoctoral research with the biochemist Herman Kalckar.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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