Emil Abderhalden
Emil Abderhalden | |
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| Born | 9 March 1877 Oberuzwil in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Died | 5 August 1950 (aged 73) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Education | University of Basel (Doctorate, 1902) |
| Known for | Abderhalden reaction Abderhalden's drying pistol Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome |
| Awards | Cothenius Medal (1914) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiology Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Berlin University of Halle University of Zurich |
| Academic advisors | Hermann Emil Fischer |
Emil Abderhalden (9 March 1877 – 5 August 1950) was a Swiss biochemist and physiologist. His main findings, though disputed already in the 1910s, were not finally rejected until the late 1990s. Whether his misleading findings were based on fraud or simply the result of a lack of scientific rigour remains unclear. Abderhalden's drying pistol, used in chemistry, was first described by one of his students in a textbook Abderhalden edited.