Viktor Hamburger

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German embryologist (1900-2001)

Germany ScientistsLived 1900 to 2001 · aged 100

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Viktor Hamburger was a German-American professor and embryologist. His collaboration with neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini resulted in the discovery of nerve growth factor.

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Awards 5

1990Karl Spencer Lashley Award

1989National Medal of Science

1985Ralph W. Gerard Prize

1983Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize

1981Ross G. Harrison Award

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SiblingRudolf Hamburger

Connected to Viktor 6

Nicole Marthe Le DouarinAlso won Ross G. Harrison Award

Catherine DulacAlso won Ralph W. Gerard Prize Charles YanofskyAlso won Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Paul WeissAlso won Karl Spencer Lashley Award Richard TsienAlso won Ralph W. Gerard Prize Michael RossmannAlso won Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize

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Viktor Hamburger was a German-American professor and embryologist. His collaboration with neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini resulted in the discovery of nerve growth factor. In 1951 he and Howard Hamilton published a standardized stage series to describe chicken embryo development, now called the Hamburger-Hamilton stages. He was considered "one of the most influential neuroembryologists of the twentieth century".

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