University of Sheffield, Dept. of Biochemistry 1938
- industry:
- Research laboratory, University department
- Nationality:
- British
- based:
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
The department of Biochemistry at Sheffield was founded in 1938 when Sir Hans Krebs (1900-81) was a lecturer there. The department has since merged with a number of other Departments including Microbiology and Genetics. Each has a long and distinguished record of research and teaching. Krebs was awarded the Nobel prize for his discovery in Sheffield of the tricarboxylic acid cycle.