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Martha Ludwig was an American biochemist who made significant contributions to the field of biochemistry. She was born on 19 September, 1908 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Ludwig received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh in 1929 and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Chicago in 1933. She then went on to become a professor of biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, where she taught for over 30 years.
Ludwig's research focused on the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. She was the first to identify the role of the enzyme phosphoglucomutase in the metabolism of glucose. She also studied the role of enzymes in the metabolism of fatty acids and amino acids.
Ludwig was a member of the American Society of Biological Chemists and the American Chemical Society. She was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Martha Ludwig died on October 15, 2002 at the age of 94. She was survived by her husband, two sons, and four grandchildren.
Martha Ludwig's net worth is unknown.
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November 27, 2006 |
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Ann Arbor, MI |
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Ludwig was also a mentor to young crystallographers such as Cathy Drennan, a current professor at MIT. Drennan recalls Ludwig being a patient and caring mentor, while also demanding excellence and thoroughness. Ludwig held her students to a high level of thinking and learning, insisting that they know the theory behind every step. She would meet with her students for hours and solve problems together. Instead of promoting her work, she dedicated her time to her students’ learning.
Ludwig died in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 27, 2006 from colon cancer.
In 1967, she became an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and an assistant research biophysicist in the Biophysics Research Division at the University of Michigan. As a faculty member in the Biophysics Research Division, she joined a group of other faculty including Vincent Massey (enzymologist) and Graham Palmer; focusing on studying flavoproteins. Ludwig focused on studying flavodoxin in her laboratory. In 1969, Ludwig had her first publication which focused on the crystallization of both oxidized and semiquinone forms of protein from Clostridium pasteurianum. Ludwig also worked on superoxide dismutase during the 1980s with James Fee, a colleague from the Biophysics Research Division at the University of Michigan. In 1990, Ludwig continued to collaborate with University of Michigan colleagues including Vincent Massey, to uncover why there was a very low potential associated with the reduction of semiquinone. Ludwig started a collaboration with Richard Swenson from Ohio State University, where they examined the redox state of a flavodoxin from Clostridium beijerinckii.
While studying at Berkeley, Ludwig took Howard Schachman's course in physical biochemistry; she later credited this course with setting the direction for her own research. She completed her Ph.D. thesis on the biosynthesis of ergothionine at Cornell University Medical College, and followed this with postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School from 1957 to 1959 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1959 to 1962. In 1962 Ludwig's interests switched from classical techniques of biochemistry to the then-emerging field of X-ray crystallography and she joined the laboratory of William Lipscomb to work on the structure of carboxypeptidase. Ludwig determined the structure of the enzyme carboxypeptidase A, one of the first enzyme structures to be described.
Ludwig attended Cornell University and received a B.A. in chemistry in 1952. She received her master's degree in biochemistry in 1955 from the University of California, followed by a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Cornell Medical College in 1956. While at Cornell, Ludwig conducted her Ph.D. research in biochemistry under Nobel Laureate Vincent du Vigneaud and studied the biosynthesis of ergothionine in D.B. Melville's laboratory.
Martha Ludwig (August 16, 1931 – November 27, 2006) was an American macromolecular crystallographer. She was the J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan.
