Pål Nyrén (born 1955) is a

biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),

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. He is most famous for developing the

pyrosequencing Pyrosequencing is a method of DNA sequencing (determining the order of nucleotides in DNA) based on the "sequencing by synthesis" principle, in which the sequencing is performed by detecting the nucleotide incorporated by a DNA polymerase. Pyrosequ ...

method for

DNA sequencing DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases: adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine. The ...

Career

*1999 Professor in Biochemistry, KTH, Stockholm *1997 Founder of the company Biotage AB (former

Pyrosequencing Pyrosequencing is a method of DNA sequencing (determining the order of nucleotides in DNA) based on the "sequencing by synthesis" principle, in which the sequencing is performed by detecting the nucleotide incorporated by a DNA polymerase. Pyrosequ ...

AB) *1988 Associate

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(Docent) Biochemistry,

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

*1985-86 Postdoc at LMB, MRC, Cambridge, G.B. with prof John Walker *1985

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(Tekn. Doktor) Biochemistry, Stockholm University (Thesis title: "The proton pumping pyrophosphatase from ''Rhodospirillum rubrum''") *1981 MSc (Civ. ing.) Chemical Engineering, KTH, Stockholm

Recognition

*2013 winner of the

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in the SMEs categoryInvention

awarded by the

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References

1955 births Living people Swedish chemists Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Stockholm University alumni {{Sweden-scientist-stub