August von Wassermann
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German bacteriologist (1866-1925)
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- Born
- 1866
- Died
- 1925
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Die Bedeutung der Bakterien für die Gesundheitspflege
- Handbuch der pathogenen mikroorganismen, unter mitwirkung
- Immune sera
- Hämolysine, zytotoxine und präzipitine
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies
· 2014 · cited 24,500x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,879x
- The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
· 2007 · cited 17,548x
- ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates
· 2017 · cited 17,242x
- IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era
· 2020 · cited 16,378x
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Key facts
- Born
- August Paul von Wassermann , ( 1866-02-21 ) 21 February 1866, Bamberg , Upper Franconia , Kingdom of Bavaria
- Died
- 16 March 1925 (1925-03-16) (aged 59), Berlin , Germany
- Occupations
- Bacteriologist , hygienist
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Encyclopedic overview
August Paul von Wassermann (21 February 1866 – 16 March 1925) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist.
Born in Bamberg, with Jewish origins, he studied at several universities throughout Germany, receiving his medical doctorate in 1888 from the University of Strassburg. In 1890 he began work under Robert Koch at the Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin. In 1906 he became director of the division for experimental therapy and serum research at the institute, followed by a directorship of the department of experimental therapy at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft for the Advancement of Science in Berlin-Dahlem (1913).
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