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Walter J. Gehring

Swiss scientist (1939-2014) · Switzerland · Academics · Died at 75

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Walter Jakob Gehring was a Swiss developmental biologist who was a professor at the Biozentrum Basel of the University of Basel, Switzerland.

A life in dates

2014Died29 May 20142010Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2007Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityAward2003A.O. Kovalevsky MedalAward2002Balzan PrizeAward2000Karl Ritter von Frisch MedalAwardKyoto Prize in Basic SciencesAward1997Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAwardMarch of Dimes Prize in Developmental BiologyAward1996Otto Warburg MedalAward1993Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderAward1987Canada Gairdner International AwardAwardLouis-Jeantet Prize for MedicineAward1986Grand Prix Charles-Leopold MayerAward1982Otto Naegeli PrizeAward1939Born20 March 1939

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Awards

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2010
Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University2007
A.O. Kovalevsky Medal2003
Balzan Prize2002
Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal2000
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences2000
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology1997
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1997
Gregor Mendel Medal1997
Otto Warburg Medal1996
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order1993
Canada Gairdner International Award1987
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine1987
Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer1986
Otto Naegeli Prize1982
EMBO Membership
Newcomb Cleveland Prize

About this person

Walter Jakob Gehring was a Swiss developmental biologist who was a professor at the Biozentrum Basel of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He obtained his PhD at the University of Zurich in 1965 and after two years as a research assistant of Ernst Hadorn he joined Alan Garen's group at Yale University in New Haven as a postdoctoral fellow.

Country
Switzerland
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2014 · aged 75

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