# Christian de Duve (@christian-de-duve)

Christian de Duve was a cell biologist and biochemist. De Duve used cell fractionation and biochemical markers to identify lysosomes, organelles containing digestive enzymes.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Christian de Duve's public record._

## Topics

- [Institutes and Cell Biology](/@christian-de-duve/institutes-and-cell-biology.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Peroxisomes](/@christian-de-duve/peroxisomes.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Principal Contribution](/@christian-de-duve/principal-contribution.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1974/duve/facts/
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1974/duve/biographical/
- blog: https://www.deduveinstitute.be/about-us/history

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "christian-de-duve", "question": "…"}`.