Otto Meyerhof:
Otto Meyerhof was a German biochemist and Nobel laureate.
Birth:
April 12, 1884 in Hanover, Germany
Death:
October 6, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Claim to Fame:
Meyerhof was a German biochemist who was awarded half the 1922 Nobel Prize in Medicine for describing the way muscle tissue absorbs oxygen and converts it to lactic acid. He discovered glycogen is converted into lactic acid when the muscle contracts. His research led the way to a more detailed explanation of the path from glycogen to lactic acid known as the Embden-Meyerhof pathway.
