Lipmann, Fritz Albert

Lipmann, Fritz Albert
(1899–1986)
   US biochemist and Nobel laureate, 1953. With the rise of Nazism, Lipmann left Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1939, after some years in Denmark. His career in the US was crowned by his appointment as professor at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York in 1957. He shared the 1953 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for work on a compound he called coenzyme A, connected with the way carbohydrates, fats and proteins are broken down in the body for energy purposes.

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  • LIPMANN, FRITZ ALBERT — (1899–1986), U.S. biochemist and Nobel Prize winner. Lipmann was born in Koenigsberg, Germany. From 1927 to 1931 he pursued research at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin and at Heidelberg. With the rise of the Nazi regime he left Germany and …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Lipmann,Fritz Albert — Lip·mann (lĭpʹmən), Fritz Albert. 1899 1986. German born American biochemist. He shared a 1953 Nobel Prize for studies of metabolic processes. * * * …   Universalium

  • Lipmann , Fritz Albert — (1899–1986) German–American biochemist After attending the university in his native city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad in Russia), Lipmann studied in Berlin, where he obtained his MD in 1922 and his doctorate in 1927. He then worked with Otto… …   Scientists

  • Lipmann, Fritz Albert — ▪ American scientist born June 12, 1899, Königsberg, Ger. [now Kaliningrad, Russia] died July 24, 1986, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., U.S.  German born American biochemist, who received (with Sir Hans Krebs (Krebs, Sir Hans Adolf)) the 1953 Nobel Prize for …   Universalium

  • Fritz Albert Lipmann — (* 12. Juni 1899 in Königsberg; † 24. Juli 1986 in Poughkeepsie, New York) war ein deutsch amerikanischer Biochemiker …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fritz Albert Lipmann — (12 juin 1899 24 juillet 1986) est un biochimiste américain né en Allemagne …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fritz Albert Lipmann — Fritz Albert Lipmann …   Wikipedia Español

  • Fritz Albert Lipmann — (June 12 1899 ndash; July 24 1986) was a German American biochemist and a co discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953.Lipmann was …   Wikipedia

  • Fritz Albert Lipmann — noun United States biochemist (born in Germany) noted for his studies of metabolic processes (1899 1986) • Syn: ↑Lipmann • Instance Hypernyms: ↑biochemist …   Useful english dictionary

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