1. Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa as born in
Luarca, Asturias, Spain on
September 24, 1905.

2. His parents were the lawyer Severo
Manuel Ochoa and Carmen de
Albornoz. After the death of his
father when Ochoa was 7, he and
his mother moved to live in Málaga,
where he studied Severo
Elementary and high school.

3. He soon developed an interest in biology, and
focused on the study of energy metabolism, with
special attention to the phosphorylated molecules.

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