Kjell Kleppe
Kjell Kleppe (1934-1988) was a Norwegian biochemist and molecular biologist who was a pioneer in the PCR technique and built the first laboratory in the country for bio and gene technology.[1] Kjell Kleppe earned a B.S. degree from the University of Oslo(1955-1958) and a Ph.D. in enzymology from the University of Nebraska, USA (1958-1963). In 1966, he joined the University of Bergen, where he founded Felleslaboratorium for bioteknologi (FLB), the first gene technology laboratory in Norway with Professor Curt Endresen.[2] He became a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS) in 1984. During his postdoctoral career in the United States, he put forward the idea of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).[3]
Kjell Kleppe | |
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 Kjell Kleppe (1985) | |
| Born | December 9, 1934 |
| Died | June 18, 1988 |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo (B.S.) University of Nebraska (Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | reproductive biology |
| Institutions | University of Bergen |
References
- "Forskning gjennom 30 år". GC Rieber.
- "Historien før MBI". Universitetet i Bergen (in Norwegian Bokmål).
- Kleppe, K; Ohtsuka, E; Kleppe, R; Molineux, I; Khorana, HG (14 March 1971). "Studies on polynucleotides. XCVI. Repair replications of short synthetic DNA's as catalyzed by DNA polymerases". Journal of Molecular Biology. 56 (2): 341–61. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(71)90469-4. PMID 4927950.