The Carlsberg Research Laboratory is a private scientific research center in
Copenhagen
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under the
Carlsberg Group
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. It was founded in 1875 by
J. C. Jacobsen, the founder of the Carlsberg brewery, with the purpose of advancing
biochemical knowledge, especially relating to
brewing. It featured a Department of Chemistry and a Department of Physiology. In 1972, the laboratory was renamed the Carlsberg Research Center and was transferred to the brewery.
Overview
The Carlsberg Laboratory was known for isolating ''
Saccharomyces carlsbergensis'', the
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom. The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and at least 1,500 species are currently recognized. They are estimated to constit ...
responsible for
lager
Lager () is beer which has been brewed and conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. The term "lager" comes from the German for "storag ...
fermentation, as well as introducing the concept of
pH in
acid-base chemistry. The
Danish chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...
Søren Peder Lauritz Sørensen introduced the concept of
pH, a scale for measuring
acidity
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and
basicity of
substances. While working at the Carlsberg Laboratory, he studied the effect of
ion
An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conve ...
concentration
In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture. Several types of mathematical description can be distinguished: '' mass concentration'', ''molar concentration'', '' number concentration'', ...
on proteins, and understood the concentration of
hydrogen
Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula . It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic ...
ions was particularly important. To express the
hydronium ion
In chemistry, hydronium (hydroxonium in traditional British English) is the common name for the aqueous cation , the type of oxonium ion produced by protonation of water. It is often viewed as the positive ion present when an Arrhenius acid is d ...
(H
3O
+) concentration in a
solution, he devised a
logarithmic scale known as the
pH scale.
Directors
See also
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Emil Christian Hansen
Emil Christian Hansen (8 May 1842 – 27 August 1909) was a Danish mycologist and fermentation physiologist.
Born in Ribe, he financed his education by writing novels. He was awarded a gold medal in 1876 for an essay on fungi, titled ''De dan ...
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Kirstine Smith
Kirstine Smith (April 12, 1878 – November 11, 1939) was a Danish statistician. She is credited with the creation of the field of optimal design of experiments.
Background
Smith grew up in the town of Nykøbing Mors, Denmark. In 1903, she grad ...
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Carsten Olsen
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Carlsberg
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J. C. Jacobsen
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Carlsberg Foundation
Carlsberg Foundation ( da, Carlsbergfondet) was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876, by allocating some of his shares in the Carlsberg Brewery to fund and operate the Carlsberg Laboratory and the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Palac ...
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Søren Anton van der Aa Kühle
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Morten P. Meldal
Footnotes
References
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Further reading
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External links
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Research institutes in Denmark
Organizations established in 1875
1875 establishments in Denmark
Organizations based in Copenhagen
Carlsberg Group
Yeast banks