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Albrecht Kossel

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Albrecht Kossel

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Also known as Albrecht Carl Ludwig Martin Leonhard Kossel, Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel

German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics

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Albrecht Kossel was a German chemist, physician, and physiologist born in Rostock in 1853. He worked as a university teacher in Berlin, Marburg, and Heidelberg. His fields of work included biochemistry and physiology. He was educated at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Rostock, where he studied under Felix Hoppe-Seyler.

Kossel received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Academy of Sciences. He died in Heidelberg in 1927.

His notable works include The Protamines And Histone, Über die Chemischen Wirkungen der Diffusion, Physiologische und morphologische Untersuchungen zur synaptischen Plastizität im visuellen Cortex, and Über Die Darstellung und Quantitative Bestimmung des Arginins. He had one child, Walther Kossel.

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Works
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Top works

  • The Protamines And Histone
  • Über die Chemischen Wirkungen der Diffusion
  • Physiologische und morphologische Untersuchungen zur synaptischen Plastizität im visuellen Cortex
  • Über Die Darstellung und Quantitative Bestimmung des Arginins

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1910

    “in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Albrecht
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Rostock
Place of death
Heidelberg
Child
Walther Kossel
Occupation
biochemist
Educated at
University of Rostock
Employer
Heidelberg University
Languages spoken
German
Award
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Doctoral advisor
Felix Hoppe-Seyler
Student of
Felix Hoppe-Seyler
Field of work
physiology
Image
Albrecht Kossel nobel.jpg
Work location
Heidelberg
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Commons category
Albrecht Kossel
date of birth
1853-09-16
date of death
1927-07-05
member of
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
birth name
Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
name in native language
Albrecht Kossel
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Bohuslavice nad Vláří
interested in
biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview

Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel ( German pronunciation: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈkɔsl̩] ; 16 September 1853 – 5 July 1927) was a German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1910 for his work in determining the chemical composition of nucleic acids, the genetic substance of biological cells.

Kossel isolated and described the five organic compounds that are present in nucleic acid: adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil. These compounds were later shown to be nucleobases, and are key in the formation of DNA and RNA, the genetic material found in all living cells.

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