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- noun German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917)
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Pete – later critics were amazed that Buchner had described the schizophrenic state so accurately.
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In 1897 Eduard Buchner, at the time professor in Tübingen, published results demonstrating that the fermentation of sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide can take place in the absence of yeast cells.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Buchner's experiments showed unequivocally that fermentation is a catalytic process caused by the action of enzymes, as had been suggested by Berzelius for all life processes, and Buchner called his extract zymase
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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"And since I'm now the Senior Research Director at the Buchner Institute, I had the ability to research the matter scientifically."
Mark C. Miller: Researcher Reveals 100 Things That Are Better Never Than Late Mark C. Miller 2011
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Buchner, also took an early interest in the application of their knowledge of chemistry to biological materials.
The Foundation of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research 2010
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(Buchner), only three awards in this area came in the first half of the century, illustrating the explosive growth of biochemistry in recent decades (8 prizes in 1970-1997).
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Buchner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1907, when he was professor at the agricultural college in Berlin.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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The Nobel Committee, in addition, showed great openness and foresight by recognizing the other border, that towards biology, already in 1907 with the prize to Eduard Buchner "for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation".
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Buchner had isolated the enzyme responsible for fermentation from yeast-press juice.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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(Organizers said they sold 1,200 tickets, but fans came and went throughout the night -- some sticking around to see a single band.) "None of us really gets to play very much, so this is great," Buchner said.
Lawyers take the licks into their own hands at the 'Battle of Law Firm Bands' 2010
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