Edgar von Gierke

Edgar Otto Conrad von Gierke (9 February 1877, Breslau – 21 October 1945, Karlsruhe) was a German doctor who specialised in glycogen synthesis.[1] This research led him to the discovery of glycogen synthesis type I in 1929.

He received his medical doctorate at Heidelberg University in 1901, and several years later became a prosector at the municipal hospital in Karlsruhe. In 1911 he was named an associate professor of bacteriology at the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe.[2]

He married Julie Braun in 1912 and fathered four children.

Glycogen storage disease type I is named for him, commonly known as Von Gierke disease.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Edgar Otto Conrad von Gierke". Geni.
  2. ↑ Edgar Otto Conrad von Gierke at Who Named It
  3. ↑ Diagnosis and management of glycogen storage disease type I Genetics in Medicine (2014)


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