The Carlsberg Laboratory and in the foreground a statue of its founder J. C. Jacobsen.

The Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark was created in 1875 by J. C. Jacobsen, the founder of the Carlsberg brewery, for the sake of advancing biochemical knowledge, especially relating to brewing. Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Jacob Christian Jacobsen ( September 2, 1811 – April 30, 1887) mostly known as J The Carlsberg Group (ˈkɑrlzbɚɡ is a large Brewing company founded in 1847 by J 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.

The Carlsberg Laboratory was widely known as a productive and pleasant place for protein science, and enjoyed a series of illustrious directors, including Johan Kjeldahl, S. P. L. Sørensen, and Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang. Johan Gustav Christoffer Thorsager Kjeldahl (1849 &ndash 1900 was a Danish chemist who developed a method for determining the amount of Nitrogen Søren Peder Lauritz Sørensen ( January 9, 1868 - February 12, 1939) was a Danish Chemist, famous for the introduction Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang ( November 29, 1896 - May 25, 1959) was a Danish protein scientist who was the director of the Carlsberg Laboratory

The Carlsberg Laboratory was also famous for isolating Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, the species of yeast responsible for lager fermentation, as well as for introducing the concept of pH in acid-base chemistry. Saccharomyces pastorianus is a Yeast, used industrially for the production of Lager beer In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Yeasts are a growth form of eukaryotic Microorganisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with about 1500 Species currently described Pale lager is a very pale to golden -coloured Beer with a well attenuated body and noble hop bitterness Fermentation in Food processing typically refers to the conversion of Sugar to Alcohol using Yeast under Anaerobic conditions pH is the measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a Solution.

Research from the Carlsberg Laboratory was published in its journal, Comptes rendus des travaux du laboratoire Carlsberg, which is often abbreviated to Compt. rend. trav. lab. Carlsberg or simply C. R. Trav. Lab. Carlsberg.

Directors

See also

• Emil Christian Hansen
• Carsten Olsen
• Carlsberg
• J. C. Jacobsen
• Carlsberg Foundation

References

1. ^  Schellman JA, Schellman CG. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Emil Christian Hansen ( May 8, 1842 – August 27, 1909) was a Danish Mycologist and fermentation physiologist Carsten Erik Olsen ( March 1, 1891 – August 19, 1974) was a Danish plant ecologist and plant physiologist who pioneered the study of Plant The Carlsberg Group (ˈkɑrlzbɚɡ is a large Brewing company founded in 1847 by J Jacob Christian Jacobsen ( September 2, 1811 – April 30, 1887) mostly known as J Carlsberg Foundation ( Danish: Carlsbergfondet) was founded by J (1997) Kaj Ulrik Linderstrom-Lang (1896-1959). Protein Sci. 1997 May;6(5):1092-100 (full text article online: Entrez PubMed 9144781). The Entrez Global Query Cross-Database Search System is a powerful Federated search engine or Web portal that allows users to search many discrete Health sciences

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• Holter H and Møller KM, eds. (1976) The Carlsberg Laboratory 1876/1976, Rhodos International Science and Art Publ. , Copenhagen.