RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE NATURAL SCIENCES 139
have been further developed with reference to
their application for quantitative determinations
of the constituent amino acids of protein substances.
"The amino acids, although of high importance
in vital processes, are difficult to analyze chemically.
In fact for some of them there is no satisfactory
technique and, where chemical methods
exist, they are such slow and tedious processes
as to make comprehensive investigations impracticable.
The Foundation has appropriated the
sum of ?14,000 to the University of Michigan for
research in the applications of spectroscopic
methods to biological and medical problems during
the two-year period July 1,1935, to June 30,
1937. Such studies have already demonstrated
their usefulness, and the field is recognized as
having possibilities of the highest practical
importance.
University of Chicago
Biological Problems. Spectroscopic Methods
The sum of $14,000 has been appropriated to
the University of Chicago toward research in
the application of spectroscopic methods to
biological problems during the year beginning
July 1, 1935, The work is under the direction of a
guiding committee composed of Professors Hogness,
Koch, and Kraus.
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