Castle Laboratory of Tübingen

The former kitchen in Hohentübingen Castle was converted into the first biochemical laboratory in the early 19th century, and is a prominent place of science history today. The first German biochemist Carl Sigwart worked here from 1818; Felix Hoppe-Seyler researched and named hemoglobin here, and Friedrich Miescher discovered nucleic acid here in the year 1869, the raw substance of the hereditary substance DNA and RNA. Thanks to the financial support of the Tübingen biopharma company CureVac, the university set up an interactive permanent exhibition on the history of biochemistry in Tübingen in the historic room of the Castle Laboratory in the year 2015. The still existing test tube from Friedrich Miescher containing nucleic acid forms the center of the presentation. Historical laboratory instruments and preparations are also presented.