Pressemitteilungen: Claudia Höbartner erhält Albrecht-Kossel-Preis - Bedeutende Entdeckungen auf dem Gebiet katalytischer Nukleinsäuren
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Albrecht Kossel
Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel 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.
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science · German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics · chemist · physician · university teacher · physiologist · biochemist · also Albrecht Kossel, Albrecht Carl Ludwig Martin Leonhard Kossel, Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel, Kossel
Born 16 September 1853 · Died 5 July 1927 · Q57128
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2026· 2 entries
The Hindu: Albrecht Kossel’s Nobel winning discovery of the chemical basis of heredity
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2025· 2 entries
Nature: Prof. Albrecht Kossel
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Medindia: Albrecht Kossel - The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1910
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2024· 1 entry
Pressemitteilungen: Andreas Marx mit dem Albrecht-Kossel-Preis ausgezeichnet
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2019· 1 entry
Ostsee Zeitung: Nobelpreisträger aus Mecklenburg: Auf den Spuren des Forschers Albrecht Kossel
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2014· 1 entry
idw: Der erste Albrecht-Kossel-Preis geht an Roland Lill - Biochemie-Konferenz 2014 als passender Rahmen
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1927· 2 entries
Died 1927-07-05.
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Kossel died quietly on 5 July 1927, after a recurring attack of angina pectoris.
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1924· 1 entry
Kossel became professor emeritus, but continued to lecture at Heidelberg University
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1923· 1 entry
Kossel was honored by being named Germany's representative to the Eleventh Physiological Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland
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1917· 2 entries
Kossel was summoned by the government to pronounce that the allotted food provisions were sufficient
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In 1917 Kossel was summoned by the government to pronounce that the allotted food provisions were sufficient.
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1914· 2 entries
Albrecht Kossel was apparently not greatly interested in politics, but in 1914 he did not sign the propaganda Pronunciamento of German professors at the start of the war.
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Did not sign the propaganda Pronunciamento of German professors at the start of the war
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1910· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 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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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1910).
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For his research in cell biology, the chemical composition of the cell nucleus, and for his work in isolating and describing nucleic acids
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For his work in determining the chemical composition of nucleic acids, the genetic substance of biological cells
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1903· 1 entry
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1903).
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1901· 1 entry
Kossel was named to a similar post at Heidelberg University, and became director of the Heidelberg Institute for Protein Investigation
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1896· 1 entry
Kossel discovered histidine, then worked out the classical method for the quantitative separation of the "hexone bases" (the alpha-amino acids arginine, histidine, agmatine and lysine)
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1895· 2 entries
Kossel took over editorship of the Zeitschrift and continued in that role until his own death in 1927
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Kossel was professor of physiology as well as director of the Physiological Institute at the University of Marburg
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1886· 1 entry
Kossel married Luise Holtzman, daughter of Adolf Holtzmann
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1883· 1 entry
Kossel left Strassburg to become Director of the Chemistry Division of the Physiological Institute at the University of Berlin
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1877· 1 entry
The same year that Kossel started work as his research assistant
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1872· 1 entry
Kossel attended the University of Strassburg to study medicine
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1853· 1 entry
Born 1853-09-16.
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