Famous German Biochemists

Germany as a nation has contributed immensely to science and technology and some German biochemists have performed groundbreaking work in the field. In fact it was a German, Carl Alexander Neuberg, who is often referred to as the "father of modern biochemistry". He discovered the carboxylase and gave the elucidation of alcoholic fermentation which paved the way for further research in the field. Another pioneering German, Wilhelm Friedrich Kühne performed vital research on vision and the chemical changes occurring in the retina under the influence of light. While Karl Meyer worked on connective tissue and determined the properties of hyaluronan in the 1930s, Fritz Albert Lipmann became the co-discoverer of coenzyme A in the 1940s which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953. Another German Nobel laureate, Konrad Emil Bloch, made significant discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism. This section provides you information about the life and works of famous German biochemists.