Sofia Simmonds

American biochemist

PersonDied aged 89humanQ15989734

Also known as Sofia S. Simmonds · Topsy Simmonds

Born: July 31, 1917
Died: July 27, 2007
Place of death: New Haven
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: biochemist
, chemist
Education: Barnard College
, Weill Cornell Medicine
Employer: Yale University
Spouse: Joseph S. Fruton

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Sofia S. "Topsy" Simmonds was an American biochemist who studied amino acid metabolism and peptide metabolism in E. coli. Following training with Vincent du Vigneaud at Cornell University, she spent most of her career at Yale University. After decades as a researcher and then associate professor there, Simmonds became a full professor of biochemistry in 1975, and later served as Associate Dean of Yale College. With her husband Joseph Fruton, Simmonds coauthored the influential General Biochemistry, the first comprehensive biochemistry textbook. Simmonds received the American Chemical Society's Garvan Medal in 1969.

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Sex or gender: female
Given name: Sofia
Awards: Garvan–Olin Medal(1969)
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Doctoral advisor: Vincent du Vigneaud
Family name: Simmonds
Name in native language: Sofia Simmonds
Field of work: biochemistry

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