Pål Nyrén

Pål Nyrén (born 1955) is a biochemistry professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.[1] He is most famous for developing the pyrosequencing method for DNA sequencing.[2][3]

Career

• 1999 Professor in Biochemistry, KTH, Stockholm
• 1997 Founder of the company Biotage AB (former Pyrosequencing AB)
• 1988 Associate professor (Docent) Biochemistry, University of Stockholm
• 1985-86 Postdoc at LMB, MRC, Cambridge, G.B. with prof John Walker
• 1985 Ph.D. (Tekn. Doktor) Biochemistry, University of Stockholm (Thesis title: "The proton pumping pyrophosphatase from Rhodospirillum rubrum")
• 1981 M.Sc. (Civ. ing.) Chemical Engineering, KTH, Stockholm

Recognition

• 2013 winner of the European Inventor Award in the SMEs category [4] awarded by the European Patent Office

References

1. "Royal Institute of Technology: Pål Nyrén". Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
2. Nyren, P.; Pettersson, B.; Uhlen, M. (1 January 1993). "Solid Phase DNA Minisequencing by an Enzymatic Luminometric Inorganic Pyrophosphate Detection Assay". Analytical Biochemistry. 208 (1): 171–175. doi:10.1006/abio.1993.1024. ISSN 0003-2697. PMID 8382019.
3. Ronaghi, Mostafa; Uhlén, Mathias; Nyrén, Pål (17 July 1998). "A Sequencing Method Based on Real-Time Pyrophosphate". Science. 281 (5375): 363–365. doi:10.1126/science.281.5375.363. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 9705713. S2CID 26331871.
4. Invention: Pyrosequencing