Rudolph Schoenheimer

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birth_date = May 10, 1898
birth_place = Berlin
death_date = September 11, 1941
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field = biochemistry
work_institutions = Columbia University
alma_mater = Friedrich Wilhelm University
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known_for = isotope "tagging" of biomolecules
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Rudolph Schoenheimer (May 10, 1898 – September 11, 1941) was a German/ U.S. biochemist who developed the technique of isotope "tagging" of biomolecules, enabling detailed study of metabolism.

Born in Berlin, after graduating in medicine from the Friedrich Wilhelm University there, he learned further organic chemistry at the University of Leipzig and then studied biochemistry at the University of Freiburg. [Anon.] (2001)]

In 1933, he moved to Columbia University to join the department of Biological Chemistry and worked with David Rittenberg, from the radiochemistry laboratory of Harold C. Urey, later together with Konrad Bloch, using stable isotopes to "tag" foodstuffs and trace their metabolism within living things.

He further established that cholesterol is a risk factor in atherosclerosis.

His death was due to suicide by cyanide.

References

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year=1999
title=The Rudolf Schoenheimer Centenary Lecture. Isotopes in nutrition research.
volume=58
issue=1
periodical=The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
pages=15-32
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url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9164302
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first=R E
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year=1997
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periodical=J. Nutr.
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publication-date=1991 Nov
year=1991
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periodical=J. Nutr.
pages=1701-4
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last=Ratner
first=S
last2=Rittenberg
first2=D
last3=Keston
first3=A S
last4=Schoenheimer
first4=R
publication-date=1987 Oct
year=1987
title=The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume 134, June 1940: Studies in protein metabolism. XIV. The chemical interaction of dietary glycine and body proteins in rats. By S. Ratner, D. Rittenberg, Albert S. Keston, and Rudolf Schoenheimer.
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first=D
publication-date=1987 Mar
year=1987
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publication-date=1986 Dec
year=1986
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issue=12
periodical=Seikagaku
pages=1449-70
*Citation
id = PMID:3528221
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3528221
last=Goldstein
first=J L
publication-date=1986 Sep
year=1986
title=On the origin and prevention of PAIDS (Paralyzed Academic Investigator's Disease Syndrome).
volume=78
issue=3
periodical=J. Clin. Invest.
pages=848-54
doi = 10.1172/JCI112652
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id = PMID:6763679
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6763679
last=Stetten
first=D
publication-date=1982
year=1982
title=Rudi.
volume=25
issue=3
periodical=Perspect. Biol. Med.
pages=354-68

Bibliography

* [Anon.] (2001) "Schoenheimer, Rudolf", "Encyclopaedia Britannica", Deluxe CDROM edition