title: Conference report "Stoffwechsel. Histories of metabolism", workshop organized by Mathias Grote at Technische Universität Berlin, November 28-29th, 2014.
abstract: Historical analyses of what metabolism has been conceived of, how concepts of metabolism were related to disciplines such as nineteenth-century nutritional physiology or twentieth-century biochemistry, and how their genealogies relate to the current developments may be helpful to understand the various, at times polemic, ways in which the boundaries between metabolism and heredity have been re-drawn. Against this background, a small number of scholars gathered in Berlin for a workshop that equally aimed at bringing new stories to the fore, and at considering seemingly known ones in a new light. Some aspects of the discussions are summarized in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Friedrichstraße 191-193, 10099, Berlin, Germany, mathias.grote@hu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grote
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Keuck
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001604:Berlin; D002616:Chemical Engineering; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008660:Metabolism; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*