Yuri Ovchinnikov (biochemist)

Yuri Anatolievich Ovchinnikov (Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Овчинников; 2 August 1934 – 17 February 1988) was a Soviet bioorganic chemist. He was the youngest vice president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences in its history (1971-1988), president of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (1984-1986), Director of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Moscow (1970-1988) and professor at Moscow State University. He was also a candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee. He was a leading proponent of using molecular biology and genetics for creating new types of biological weapons.[1]

Yuri Ovchinnikov
Born2 August 1934
Moscow, USSR
Died17 February 1988
Moscow, USSR
Alma materMoscow State University
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour

He contributed to the field of biophysics and biochemistry through research in rhodopsin[2] and structural biology.[3]

References
  1. Birstein, Vadim J. (2004), The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science, Westview Press ISBN 0-8133-4280-5.
  2. Ovchinnikov YuA, null; Abdulaev, N. G.; Zolotarev, A. S.; Artamonov, I. D.; Bespalov, I. A.; Dergachev, A. E.; Tsuda, M. (1988-05-09). "Octopus rhodopsin. Amino acid sequence deduced from cDNA". FEBS Letters. 232 (1): 69–72. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(88)80388-0. ISSN 0014-5793. PMID 3366250.
  3. Ovchinnikov, Yu.A.; Lipkin, V.m.; Modyanov, N.n.; Chertov, O.Yu.; Smirnov, Yu.V. (1977-04-01). "Primary structure of α-subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Escherichia coli". FEBS Letters. 76 (1): 108–111. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(77)80131-2. ISSN 1873-3468. PMID 323055.
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