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Andrzej Tarkowski

Polish embryologist (1933-2016) · Poland · On the map · Scientists · Died at 83

Andrzej Krzysztof Tarkowski was a Polish embryologist and a professor at Warsaw University.

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Awards

Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science2013
Japan Prize2002
Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Honorary Doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow

About this person

He is best known for his pioneering researches on embryos and blastomeres, which have created theoretical and practical basis for achievements of biology and medicine of the twentieth century - in vitro fertilization, cloning and stem cell discovery. In 2002 Tarkowski with Anne McLaren won the Japan Prize for their discoveries concerning the early development of mammalian embryos.

Country
Poland
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2016 · aged 83