Jake MacMillan: A pioneering chemist in plant biology.
Jake MacMillan: A pioneering chemist in plant biology.
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杰克·麦克米伦（Jake MacMillan）：植物生物学领域的化学家先驱。
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1414365111
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发表时间：
2014
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11.1
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Hedden P
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杰克·麦克米伦于2014年5月12日去世，享年89岁，是一位有机化学家，他对植物科学做出了巨大贡献，特别是在赤霉素植物激素的结构，生物合成和分析方面。杰克出生在苏格兰的威肖，出生在一个没有多少闲钱的下层工人阶级的环境中。尽管在银行有一份安全稳定的工作，或者有机会成为一名职业足球运动员，作为经济保障的来源，这些都是非常诱人的，但杰克决心从事化学事业，他是家里第一个上大学的人，在格拉斯哥大学获得了理学学士和博士学位。在大学期间，杰克半职业地踢足球，获得了急需的收入来支持他的学业。杰克在《年鉴》上发表了一篇自传体文章，愉快地回忆了他的教育和职业生涯。
Jake MacMillan, who died on May 12, 2014 at the age of 89, was an organic chemist who made an enormous contribution to plant science, particularly in relation to the structure, biosynthesis, and analysis of the gibberellin plant hormones. Jake was born in Wishaw, Scotland, into a lower working class environment in which there was very little spare cash. Despite offers of a safe, steady job in a bank or an opportunity to become a professional soccer player, which—as sources of financial security—must have been very tempting, Jake was determined to pursue a career in chemistry and was the first in his family to attend university, obtaining his Bachelors of Science and Doctorate from the University of Glasgow. During his university years, Jake played soccer semiprofessionally, obtaining much-needed income to support his studies. Jake reminisced entertainingly about his education and career in an autobiographical article published in the Annual