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Vincent Massey (enzymologist)

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464:(EPR) to study enzyme mechanisms. He published over 400 papers and at least an additional 50 book chapters, symposia or reviews, for example on artificial flavins as mechanistic probes. He also had a significant mentoring role; his students included Graham Palmer, Charles H. Williams, 393:), for example a study of the effects of temperature. However, Massey was exposed to flavins in the lab through working with other students. After completing his thesis, he moved to the United States for a summer to work with 369:
After obtaining a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Sydney, Massey worked as a research biochemist for the CSIRO. He worked there for three years, and in that time published five papers on the inhibition of the
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Alberty, Robert A.; Massey, Vincent; Frieden, Carl; Fuhlbrigge, Armin R. (1954). "Studies of the Enzyme Fumarase. III.1 the Dependence of the Kinetic Constants at 25° upon the Concentration and pH of Phosphate Buffers".
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Macheroux, Peter; Mulrooney, Scott B.; Williams, Charles H.; Massey, Vincent (1992). "Direct expression of active spinach glycolate oxidase in Escherichia coli".
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in the Biochemistry Department. By 1961, he was promoted to senior lecturer. In 1963, Massey changed his career path and took a professorship position the
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by fluoroacetate. The CSIRO awarded him with a fellowship that would allow him to pursue his doctoral degree at the University of Cambridge.
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Brissette, Pierre; Ballou, David P.; Massey, Vincent (1989). "Determination of the dead time of a stopped-flow fluorometer".
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Singer, Thomas P.; Kearney, Edna B.; Massey, Vincent (1956). "Observations on the flavin moiety of succinic dehydrogenase".
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His major scientific contributions include the identification and kinetic characterization of
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Ballou, David P; Williams, Charles H; Coon, Minor J (2002). "Vincent Massey (1926–2002)".
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best known for his contributions to the study of flavoenzymes. Massey was elected to the
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Biomedical Research Council Distinguished Faculty Lectureship, University of Michigan
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University of Konstanz, Fachbereich Biologie, Konstanz, West Germany, Guest Professor
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was covalently bound to the enzyme. This started Massey's career on flavins and
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in 1950, never returning to Australia. Vincent and his wife had three children.
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Jubilee Lecture and Harden Medal, Biochemical Society of Great Britain
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Visiting Professor, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
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A colleague from Cambridge, Tom Singer, had accepted a position at the
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Massey grew up in a family of fishermen in a small village outside of
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Visiting Professor Institute of Applied Biochemistry, Mitake, Japan
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Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, The University of Michigan
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in Detroit and recruited Massey to work with him to investigate the
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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression
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Teacher, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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Permanent Guest Professor, University of Konstanz, West Germany
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In 1957, Massey returned to England to be a lecturer at the
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished University Professorship
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in 1995 for his use of physical biochemistry to relate
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Olson, J S; Ballou, D P; Palmer, G; Massey, V (1974).
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Burials at Forest Hill Cemetery (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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Singer had recently discovered that 349:He met his wife Margot, a survivor of 16:Australian biochemist and enzymologist 611: 609: 7: 1230:Engel, Paul C.; Massey, V. (1971). 14: 1189:Matthews, R G; Massey, V (1969). 381:Massey did his thesis work with 317:chemistry to flavin enzymology. 219:Studies on the Enzyme, Fumarase 586:Michigan Scientist of the Year 462:electron paramagnetic resonance 399:University of Wisconsin-Madison 1301:University of Michigan faculty 690:Trends in Biochemical Sciences 623:. National Academy of Sciences 456:and pioneering the methods of 405:of an enzyme as a function of 190:McMaster Laboratory C.S.I.R.O. 1: 1208:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)91750-3 1122:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)42427-7 1051:Ghisla, S; Massey, V (1986). 1029:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)83444-5 1010:Palmer, G; Massey, V (1969). 943:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)46948-2 702:10.1016/S0968-0004(02)02222-3 1158:10.1016/0167-4781(92)90046-3 979:10.1016/0003-2697(89)90235-2 903:10.1016/0003-9861(56)90415-5 621:National Academy of Sciences 572:National Academy of Sciences 311:National Academy of Sciences 154:National Academy of Sciences 1327: 336:New South Wales, Australia 204:The University of Michigan 254: 166: 967:Analytical Biochemistry 480:Scientific achievements 472:("old yellow enzyme"), 436:University of Sheffield 421:succinate dehydrogenase 359:University of Cambridge 199:University of Sheffield 146:Royal Society of London 102:University of Cambridge 1296:Australian biochemists 661:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0019 440:University of Michigan 574:Member, Biochemistry 156:Member, Biochemistry 735:Biographical Memoirs 340:University of Sydney 94:University of Sydney 1236:Biochemical Journal 868:10.1021/ja01638a053 810:Biochemical Journal 804:Massey, V. (1953). 773:1949Natur.163..909M 470:NADPH dehydrogenase 414:Henry Ford Hospital 194:Henry Ford Hospital 503:A.S.B.C. Lecturer 466:Rowena G. Matthews 245:Rowena G. Matthews 144:Elected Fellow of 1248:10.1042/bj1250889 1115:(14): 4350–4362. 1069:10.1042/bj2390001 1022:(10): 2614–2620. 936:(18): 6413–6422. 822:10.1042/bj0530072 595: 589: 583: 577: 568: 562: 556: 550: 544: 538: 532: 526: 520: 514: 506: 500: 494: 488: 460:and rapid-freeze 395:Robert A. 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Berkeley
New South Wales
Australian
University of Sydney
University of Cambridge
Humboldt Award
Royal Society of London
National Academy of Sciences
Enzymology
Henry Ford Hospital
University of Sheffield
The University of Michigan
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
Malcolm Dixon
Rowena G. Matthews
David Ballou
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biochemist
enzymologist
National Academy of Sciences
flavin
Berkeley
New South Wales, Australia
University of Sydney
biochemistry
the Holocaust
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
University of Cambridge
TCA cycle

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