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    Conrad Arnold Elvehjem (May 27, 1901 – July 27, 1962) was internationally known as an American biochemist in nutrition. In 1937 he identified two vitamins...
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    Until 2005, the Museum was known regularly as the Elvehjem Museum of Art, named after Conrad Elvehjem, the 13th president of the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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    Joseph Goldberger in 1914, and to deficiency of niacin (vitamin B3) by Conrad Elvehjem in 1937. NAD+ (then called coenzyme I) was shown to be extremely low...
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    reactions. Vitamin precursors of NAD+ were first identified in 1938, when Conrad Elvehjem showed that liver has an "anti-black tongue" activity in the form of...
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    root cause. Nicotinic acid was extracted from the liver by biochemist Conrad Elvehjem in 1937. He later identified the active ingredient, referring to it...
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    pellagra, he did not discover the specific vitamin responsible. In 1937, Conrad Elvehjem, a biochemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showed...
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  • biochemist and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Conrad Elvehjem (1901–1962), American biochemist, discovered niacin Harry Julius Emeléus...
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  • Max Tishler invented methods for synthesizing it. Vitamin B3 Niacin Conrad Elvehjem 1937 Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acid Roger J. Williams 1933 Vitamin B6...
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    McFarland School District serves the village of McFarland. It operates Conrad Elvehjem Early Learning Center (K), McFarland Primary School (grades 1–2), Waubesa...
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  • discovery of new drugs. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988). Conrad Elvehjem (1901–1962). American biochemist and nutritionist at the University...
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    specific nutrient deficiency that caused it. It was not until 1937 that Conrad Elvehjem discovered that pellagra is caused by a dietary lack of the B vitamin...
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    Archive – Motivation for Conrad Elvehjem". NobelPrize.org. April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination Archive – Conrad Elvehjem". NobelPrize.org. April...
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    root cause. Nicotinic acid was extracted from liver by biochemist Conrad Elvehjem in 1937. He later identified the active ingredient, referring to it...
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    the deficiency disease pellagra. Niacin was extracted from livers by Conrad Elvehjem who later discovered the active ingredient, then referred to as the...
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    Harry Steenbock found that irradiation increased Vitamin D in foods, Conrad Elvehjem isolated niacin which could cure pellagra, and Karl Paul Link discovered...
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    Elshtain, professor of divinity and philosophy, University of Chicago Conrad Elvehjem, former president, University of Wisconsin-Madison Michael Engh, president...
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    convinced the medical community that pellagra was not infectious. In 1937, Conrad Elvehjem established that pellagra is due to deficiency of the vitamin niacin...
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  • Zimmerman, Cardinal Mooney, Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennenbohm, and Conrad Elvehjem. Bentley was also a lithographer. During his career, Bentley took painting...
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    Squibb/Mead Johnson Award for Distinguished Achievement in Nutrition Conrad Elvehjem Award, American Institute of Nutrition Fellow, American Institute of...
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    by his receipt of awards, including the Mead-Johnson, Borden, and Conrad Elvehjem Awards of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the McCollum...
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  • Addison Dykstra 1937 1945 President Edwin Broun Fred 1945 1958 President Conrad Elvehjem 1958 1962 President Fred Harvey Harrington* 1962 1970 President Robert...
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  • Wisconsin, where he earned his PhD in 1939. His graduate research with Conrad Elvehjem concerned nicotinic acid as a treatment for canine blacktongue, with...
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    employed on a large scale through his Wisconsin Alumni Research Fund. Conrad Elvehjem isolated nicotinic acid (niacin) at the Agricultural Chemistry Building...
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  • Theta Sigma. Active chapters in bold, inactive chapters in italics. Conrad Elvehjem, who discovered niacin, was a member of the University of Wisconsin–Madison...
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  • Wisconsin–Madison In office October 20, 1962 – May 8, 1970 Preceded by Conrad Elvehjem Succeeded by Robben Wright Fleming Personal details Born (1912-06-24)June...
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    Steenbock found that vitamin D could be concentrated by irradiating food, Conrad Elvehjem isolated niacin, and Karl Link isolated the anticoagulant dicoumarol...
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  • National Academy of Sciences, 1971 American Society for Nutrition/Conrad Elvehjem Award for Public Service in Nutrition, 1976 Bolton S. Corson Medal...
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  • Academic offices Preceded by Clarence Addison Dykstra President of the University of Wisconsin–Madison 1945–1958 Succeeded by Conrad Elvehjem...
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  • July 23, 1966 Cuzco, Peru 1939, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950 (id=10306) Conrad Arnold Elvehjem May 27, 1901 McFarland, Wisconsin, United States July 27, 1962 Madison...
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  • Catharine Macfarlane, William G. Lennox, Frederic A. Gibbs 1952 Conrad A. Elvehjem, Frederick Sumner McKay [de], H. Trendley Dean 1953 Paul Dudley White...
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