Carl Neuberg

Carl Neuberg ( born July 29, 1877 in Hannover, † 30 May 1956 New York ) was a German biochemist.

Life

Carl Neuberg studied chemistry at the University of Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 1900 as an academic student of Alfred Wohl. In 1903 he was a lecturer and in 1906 titular professor at the Institute of Pathology. From 1909 to 1913 he headed the Animal Physiological Institute of the Agricultural College in Berlin. From 1916 he was professor from 1919 full professor at the University of Berlin.

From 1913 headed the Department of Biochemistry Neuberg at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Experimental Therapy. This institute was founded in 1925 renamed the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biochemistry. He remained its director until his dismissal because of his Jewish origin 1934. His successor was Adolf Butenandt. He then founded by Theodor Sabalitschka in Berlin- Steglitz, the " Biological- Chemical Research Institute ". In 1939 he emigrated via France, the Netherlands and Palestine to the U.S., where he continued research at various institutes in New York.

1949 Neuberg was a corresponding member of the Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Neuberg worked through fermentation and the effect of enzymes. He discovered the carboxylase.

Writings (selection )

• Albert Albu, Carl Neuberg: physiology and pathology of mineral metabolism: together with tables on the mineral composition of human food and beverages, as well as the mineral springs and baths. Berlin: Springer, 1906
• Carl Neuberg [Ed ]: The urine and other secretions and body fluids of humans and animals: their study and composition in normal and pathological states; a manual for physicians, chemists and pharmacists. Berlin: Springer, 1911
• Carl Neuberg, Bruno Rewald: carbohydrates. In: Biochemical Handlexikon, Berlin: Springer, 1911, pp. 255-526.