Background
Anne Beloff was born in 1921 in Hampstead to Simon Beloff and Marie Katzin.
Anne Beloff was born in 1921 in Hampstead to Simon Beloff and Marie Katzin.
She earned a degree in chemistry from University College London in 1942 before completed a Doctor of Philosophy in the biochemistry of skin burns with Rudolph Peters at the University of Oxford.
She worked at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (1948–1964), Imperial College London (1964–1986) and the University of Buckingham (1986–1991). Her research focused on carbohydrate metabolism and the hormones involved in diabetes and obesity. She visited Harvard Medical School in 1946 to perform research and returned to the United Kingdom in 1948.
Beloff-Chain worked at Italy"s Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Health) with Chain from 1948 to 1964, and held the position of chief research scientist
Her research focused on carbohydrate metabolism and the mechanism of action of insulin in hormonal control of diabetes and obesity. One of her most significant discoveries was that levels of beta-cell-tropin, an insulin secretagogue hormone, were elevated in the blood of obese individuals.
She was promoted to professor of biochemistry in 1983, but she decided to leave with her research team in 1985. A £250,000 new laboratory was built and she became a professor at the University of Buckingham in 1986.
At Buckingham, she received funding from the Clore Foundation to establish and head the Department of Biochemistry, where she worked until her death.
She died on 2 December 1991 in Camden Town. She is best remembered for her significant discovery that levels of beta-cell-tropin, an insulin secretagogue hormone, were elevated in the blood of obese individuals.