Koch

American  

[koch, kawkh] / kɒtʃ, kɔx /

noun

1. Edward I., 1924–2013, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1977–89.

2. Robert 1843–1910, German bacteriologist and physician: Nobel Prize 1905.

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Koch British  

/ kɔx /

noun

1. Robert (ˈroːbɛrt). 1843–1910, German bacteriologist, who isolated the anthrax bacillus (1876), the tubercle bacillus (1882), and the cholera bacillus (1883): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1905

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Koch Scientific  

/ kôk /

1. German bacteriologist who demonstrated that specific diseases are caused by specific microorganisms. He identified the bacilli that cause anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera, and he showed that fleas and rats are responsible for transmission of the bubonic plague and that the tsetse fly is responsible for transmitting sleeping sickness. Koch won the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1905.

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“Initially, the idea was just to have a huge warehouse with robot arms collecting lots of data autonomously,” co-founder Alexander Koch told me over a video call.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The project was led by the University of Surrey in collaboration with Professor Jens Koch at Northwestern University in the United States.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

At a fundraising event in July at the Hamptons estate of philanthropist Julia Koch, Garber said Harvard needed their support given the shifting relationship between higher education and Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Meir previously made history in 2019 when she and Nasa astronaut Christina Koch completed the first ever all-female spacewalk.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

He lost his lawsuit against Koch when Houseman and Anne Froelick testified that Welles’s role in writing the original script had been minimal.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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