Vladimir Sergeevich Gulevich (russian: Владимир Сергеевич Гулевич; 18 November 1867 – 6 September 1933) was a Russian and Soviet biochemist who first isolated
carnitine
Carnitine is a quaternary ammonium compound involved in metabolism in most mammals, plants, and some bacteria. In support of energy metabolism, carnitine transports long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria to be oxidized for energy production, an ...
from mammalian muscle.
Biography
Gulevich graduated in 1890 and received the degree of doctor of medicine in 1896 from the department of medicine of
Moscow State University
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. From 1899 to 1900 he was a professor at the
University of Kharkov. From 1900, he joined the
Moscow State University
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where he was rector for a brief period of time in 1919.
Vladimir Sergeevich Gulevich was elected member of
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in 1928. He was a full member of the
USSR Academy of Sciences
The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...
since 1929.
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Biography (Russian)
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1867 births
1933 deaths
Russian biochemists
Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Professorships at the Imperial Moscow University
Academic staff of Moscow State University
Imperial Moscow University alumni
Rectors of Moscow State University