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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Ernst Boris Chain Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 1945 co-laureate of the Nobel Prize in Medicine -- Ernst Boris Chain. This Nobel article overviews Chain's education and personal life, but focuses mainly on his his contributions to the study of bacteriology and penicillin.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Ernst Chain Nobel Lecture: Chemical Structure of Penicillins

For Students 9th - 10th
Download and read Ernst Boris Chain's Nobel Lecture, "The chemical structure of the penicillin." Originally given March 20, 1946, this lecture is downloadable in PDF format. Site by Nobel Foundation.
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PBS

Pbs Online: Ernst Chain

For Students 9th - 10th
Ernst Chain PBS entry details the professional and personal life of this Nobel Prize winning chemist. Page profiles his early life in Germany and family fortune and potential career as a pianist, to his breakthrough research in...
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Article
Time

Time: Bacteriologist, Alexander Fleming

For Students 9th - 10th
Time Magazine offers a detailed account of Alexander Fleming's work in the field of bacteriology with penicillin. View a timeline of Fleming's most noted accomplishments and answer the "pop" quiz question to see if you really the...