RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE NATURAL SCIENCES 143
University of Stockholm
Cell Physiology
The sum of 39,850, or as much thereof as may
be necessary to purchase not more than 36,500
Swedish crowns, has been appropriated to the
University of Stockholm toward the support of
cooperative
biology, and
research in biophysics, chemical
cell physiology. This research is
being carried out under the direction of Professor
John Runnstrom, one of the leading zoophysiologists
in Sweden, who has gathered around him
in Stockholm a group of unusually able young
investigators. Work is centered on the study of
the absorption spectra of certain oxidationreduction
systems, to determine the effects of ultraviolet
light on
cells under different metabolic
conditions. There is an especial interest in determining
whether one can, by irradiation techniques,
separate different components of what
possibly is an enzyme complex. The study of the
activated states of certain biologically important
molecules is of interest as an approach to the
study of the activation of molecules by enzymes.
The work in hand involves the study of formaldehyde,
of phosphate compounds, of the effects
on respiration due
to fertilization of the sea
urchin eggs, and of the effects of C02 before and
after fertilization. The main purpose of this grant
is to provide equipment and supplies.
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