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 (1971-1988) and a member of the Central Committee of CPSU. He was a leading proponent of using molecular biology and genetics for creating new types of biological weapons.[1] Ovchinnikov was director of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Moscow.

Yuri Ovchinnikov
Born	2 August 1934 Moscow, USSR
Died	17 February 1988 Moscow, USSR
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Awards	Hero 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.