George Radda

Sir

George Radda

CBE FRS
ملف:George Radda (cropped).jpg
Radda in 1996
وُلِدَ
Radda György Károly

(1936-06-09)9 يونيو 1936
Győr, Hungary
توفي13 سبتمبر 2024(2024-09-13) (aged 88)
الجنسيةBritish citizenship and Hungarian citizenship - Dual citizenship
التعليمUniversity of Oxford
عـُرِف بـMolecular imaging of heart metabolism and function
الجوائز
السيرة العلمية
الهيئات
طلاب الدكتوراهStephen Busby
Alister McGrath
George H. Dodd
الموقع الإلكترونيimaging.ox.ac.uk/network-members/gradda/

Sir George Charles Radda CBE FRS (مجرية: Radda György Károly; 9 June 1936 – 13 September 2024) was a Hungarian-British chemist.

Biography

Radda was born in Hungary on 9 June 1936.[6] In 1957, he attended Merton College, Oxford, to study chemistry and worked on electrophilic aromatic substitution with Richard Norman and Jeremy Knowles,[7] having set aside an earlier interest in literary criticism.[2][8] His early work was concerned with the development and use of fluorescent probes for the study of structure and function of membranes and enzymes. He became interested in using spectroscopic methods including nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study complex biological material.[8] In 1974, his research paper was the first to introduce the use of NMR to study tissue metabolites. In 1981, he and his colleagues published the first scientific report on the clinical application of his work. This resulted in the installation of a magnet large enough to accommodate the whole human body for NMR investigations in 1983 at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.[8][9]

In 1982 Radda published work concerning the relationship between deoxygenated haemoglobin and the NMR signal.[10]

From 1996 until his retirement in 2003, Radda was Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council in the UK.[11] In 2009 he was appointed chairman of the Biomedical Research Council in Singapore.[11]

Radda died on 13 September 2024, at the age of 88.[12][13]

Awards

Radda received numerous prestigious awards and honours for his pioneering efforts in using spectroscopic techniques for metabolic studies, including a Buchanan Medal in 1987.[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1993 Birthday Honours for services to science, and knighted in the 2000 Birthday Honours for services to biomedical science.[14][15]

In addition, he was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford,[16] a Fellow of the Royal Society[17] and was a British Heart Foundation Professor of Molecular Cardiology.[18] He has also been awarded many distinguished prizes throughout his scientific career. He was an Honorary Member of the American Heart Association[8] and was awarded the Citation for International Achievement.[8]

In 2015, he was conferred an award as an Honorary Citizen of Singapore.[19]

In 2018 he was awarded the Hungarian Corvin Chain. This is the second highest Hungarian state decoration and is awarded to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the improvement of Hungarian public thought, science and culture.[20][21]

References

  1. ^ Radda, G. K. (1971). "Enzyme and membrane conformation in biochemical control". The Biochemical Journal. 122 (4): 385–96. doi:10.1042/bj1220385. PMC 1176792. PMID 4942951.
  2. ^ أ ب Lewin, Roger (10 يونيو 1971). "Choosing The Right Problem". New Scientist and Science Journal. 50 (755): 642–643. ISSN 0262-4079.
  3. ^ أ ب "Buchanan Medal". The Royal Society. Retrieved 10 يونيو 2013.
  4. ^ أ ب "Sir George Radda". Oxford Biomedical Imaging Network. Archived from the original on 20 يونيو 2013. Retrieved 10 يونيو 2013.
  5. ^ "Professor Sir George Radda". Agency for Science, Technology and Research. 6 أكتوبر 2011. Retrieved 10 يونيو 2013.
  6. ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 9 يونيو 2011. Archived from the original on 10 يونيو 2011. Retrieved 2 يونيو 2014. Prof Sir George Radda, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council, 1996–2003, 75
  7. ^ Knowles, J.R.; Norman, R.O.C.; Radda, G. (1960). "A quantitative treatment of electrophilic aromatic substitution". J. Chem. Soc.: 4885–4896. doi:10.1039/jr9600004885.
  8. ^ أ ب ت ث ج "Heartacademy – Newsletter" (PDF). heartacademy.org. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 سبتمبر 2015. Retrieved 27 يناير 2010.
  9. ^ Radda, G (2011). "Straight talk with...George Radda. Interview by David Cyranoski". Nature Medicine. 17 (5): 525. doi:10.1038/nm0511-525. PMID 21546958.
  10. ^ No label or title -- debug: Q28264358, Wikidata Q28264358 
  11. ^ أ ب "Professor Sir George Radda obituary, Hungarian refugee and scientific pioneer". The Times. 19 سبتمبر 2024. Retrieved 19 سبتمبر 2024.
  12. ^ Elhunyt Radda György Károly professzor (in مجرية)
  13. ^ "MRI Pioneer Professor Sir George Radda Passes Away". Hungary Today. 16 سبتمبر 2024. Retrieved 16 سبتمبر 2024.
  14. ^ United Kingdom: "No. 53332". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 يونيو 1993. p. 9.
  15. ^ United Kingdom: "No. 55879". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 19 يونيو 2000. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Emeritus, Visiting and Honorary Fellows at Merton College, Oxford". Merton College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 18 يونيو 2013. Retrieved 10 يونيو 2013.
  17. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society" (PDF). The Royal Society. 13 أبريل 2013. Retrieved 10 يونيو 2013.
  18. ^ "House of Lords – Animals in Scientific Procedures – Minutes of Evidence". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 يونيو 2013.
  19. ^ Khew, Carolyn (22 أكتوبر 2015). "Two foreigners made Honorary Citizens of S'pore". The Straits Times (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 22 فبراير 2020.
  20. ^ Béni, Alexandra (12 فبراير 2018). "Hungarian President decorates artists, academics with Corvin Chain Award for Merit". Daily News Hungary/ (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 4 أكتوبر 2024.
  21. ^ Ferry, Georgina (2 أكتوبر 2024). "Sir George Radda obituary". The Guardian (in الإنجليزية البريطانية). ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 أكتوبر 2024.

External links

Interview with George Radda for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine



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