Eminent biologist Prof M Vijayan passed away

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Category : Obituaries Published on: April 29 2022

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Leading structural biologist M Vijayan, who laid the foundations of protein crystallography in India, breathed his last in Bengaluru.
Vijayan, a former president of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), was 80.
Vijayan was honoured with the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1985 and the Padma Shri in 2004.
Vijayan had recently written an autobiography ‘A Life among Men, Women and Molecules’ published by INSA.

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Eminent biologist Prof M Vijayan passed away