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Hans Spemann
Hans Spemann was a German embryologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his student Hilde Mangold's discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, an influence, exercised by various parts of the embryo, that directs the development of groups of cells into particular tissues and organs, one of the first steps towards cloning. Spemann added his name as a…
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science · German embryologist (1869–1941) · zoologist · university teacher · physician · also Hans Spemann, Spemann
Born 27 June 1869 · Died 9 September 1941 · Q57568
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1941· 1 entry
Died 1941-09-09.
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1937· 1 entry
Was relieved of his post to be replaced by one of his first students, Otto Mangold
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1935· 6 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development.
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Awarded Adolf Fick Prize (1935).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1935).
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Won Cothenius Medal (1935).
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For his student Hilde Mangold's discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, an influence, exercised by various parts of the embryo, that directs the development of groups of cells into particular tissues an
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At the end of Spemann's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, he gave a Nazi salute
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1934· 1 entry
Awarded Silliman Memorial Lectures (1934).
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1930· 1 entry
Won Swammerdam Medal (1930).
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1928· 1 entry
Was the first to perform somatic cell nuclear transfer using amphibian embryos – one of the first moves towards cloning
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1927· 1 entry
Won Croonian Medal and Lecture (1927).
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1908· 1 entry
And, in 1914, associate director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Biology at Dahlem, Berlin
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1895· 1 entry
Followed study under Theodor Boveri, Julius von Sachs and Wilhelm Röntgen
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1892· 2 entries
Hans Driesch performed similar experiments on sea urchin embryos, but instead of killing one of the two blastomeres he put many embryos in a tube and shook it to separate the cells
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Spemann married Klara Binder with whom he had a daughter (Margaret) and three sons (Fritz, Rudolph, Ulrich)
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1891· 1 entry
Entered Heidelberg University where he studied medicine, taking his preliminary examination in 1893
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1888· 2 entries
Spent a year in his father's business, then, from 1889 to 1890, he did military service in the Kassel Hussars followed by a short time as a bookseller in Hamburg
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Wilhelm Roux, who had introduced the experimental manipulation of the embryo to discover the rules of development, performed a series of experiments in which he inserted a hot needle into one of two blastomeres to kill i
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1869· 1 entry
Born 1869-06-27.
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