Albrecht Kossel (* 16 September 1853 in Rostock; "† 5 July 1927 in Heidelberg) was a German physician and physiologist.

The field of work of Albrecht Kossel was physiological chemistry, in particular the chemistry of fabrics and cells. It began its research with a concentration on the cell core and turned then more and more to the proteins, in addition the changes of proteins during the transformation in Peptide, the Peptidkomponenten of the cell as well as the identification of the smallest proteins. At Fischrogen it studied the Protamin and Hexonbasen. 1886 he discovered the Histidin, afterwards he compiled a quantitative method for the isolation of Hexonbasen. With its pupil H.D. Dakin examined it the Arginase, an enzyme, which arginin splits into urea and Ornithin. Later he discovered the Agmantin in Heringsrogen and developed a method to manufacture it.

Personal record

1853 are born Kossel on 16 September 1853 as an oldest son of the Russian consul Albrecht Kossel and his Mrs. Clara in Rostock.

1872 it begins its medicine study at the again created University of Strasbourg. Particularly the lectures of his professors Heinrich Anton de Bary, Heinrich William Waldeyer, August Kundt, Johann Friedrich William Adolf of Baeyer and above all Felix Hoppe Seyler affect him.

it attains a doctorate to 1878 at the University of Rostock. Afterwards Kossel gets an assistant place with its former teacher Hoppe Seyler.

1883 he from Emil you receives Bois Reymond the director place citizens of Berlin of the institute for physiology. Here it is appointed in addition as the extraordinary professor of the medical faculty.

1895 follow Kossel the call as a professor on the chair for physiology and director of the physiological institute in Marburg.

it changes 1901 to the University of Heidelberg as a successor of William Friedrich bold one and Helmholtz.

it receives the Nobelpreis for medicine to 1910 " in acknowledgment of its contribution over the knowledge of cell chemistry by its work on proteins including the core substances. "“

1927 die Albrecht Kossel on 5 July in Heidelberg.

Albrecht Kossel had a daughter and a son, Walther Kossel. This became a well-known physicist and discovered the special interference feature of X-ray at crystals.

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