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Eric Francis Wieschaus
Eric F. Wieschaus in 2011
Born (1947-06-08) June 8, 1947 (age 76)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame (B.S.)
Yale University (Ph.D.)
Known forEmbryogenesis
AwardsGenetics Society of America Medal (1995)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1995)
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental biology
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Eric Francis Wieschaus (born June 8, 1947 in South Bend, Indiana) is an American evolutionary developmental biologist and 1995 Nobel Prize-winner.

Early life

Born in South Bend, Indiana, he attended John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham, Alabama before attending the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate studies (B.S., biology), and Yale University (Ph.D., biology) for his graduate work.

Scientific career

Drosophila Melanogaster, the object of Wieschaus's science

In 1978, he moved to his first independent job, at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany and moved from Heidelberg to Princeton University in the United States in 1981.[1][2]

Much of his research has focused on

Heidelberg screen.[2][4]

In 1995, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward B. Lewis and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard as co-recipients, for their work revealing the genetic control of embryonic development.[5][6][7][8]

As of 2018, Wieschaus is the

Molecular Biology at Princeton.[9] He was formerly Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New JerseyRobert Wood Johnson Medical School
.

Personal life

He has three daughters and is married to molecular biologist

Molecular Biology at Princeton University, working on Drosophila oogenesis.[citation needed
]

Wieschaus is an atheist and is one of the 77 Nobel Laureates who signed the 2007 petition to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act.[10][11]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Eric F. Wieschaus on Nobelprize.org Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^
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  4. ^ "Eric Wieschaus | Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology". Princeton University. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  5. ^ Lau, Tatiana (April 17, 2007). "Nobel-winning professor tells story of his own life in religion, science". The Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "77 Nobel Laureates Call for a Repeal of the LSEA | Repealing the Louisiana Science Education Act". Archived from the original on May 28, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "Eric F. Wieschaus". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "Eric Wieschaus". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  10. ^ "Mendel Medal". Genetics Society. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

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