Embryology History - Robert Remak

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Introduction

Robert Remak (1815 - 1865)
Robert Remak (1815 - 1865)

Robert Remak (1815–1865) was a neurologist, a physiologist, and an embryologist. He was born on July 23, 1815 in Poznań in the western part of Poland that was occupied by Prussia during his lifetime.[1] While still an undergraduate, he started research work in the microscopic laboratory under Johannes Müller (1801–1858).

From his research at the Charité Hospital, Berlin he identified three germ layers in the early embryo, and that new cells are generated by division of the existing ones.


  • 1842 discovered and named the three embryo germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm).
  • 1838 discovered the non-medullated nerve fibres.
  • 1844 discovered the nerve cells of the heart, called Remak's ganglia.


Links: [of Science - Remak] | gastrulation | neural

References

  1. Grzybowski A & Pietrzak K. (2013). Robert Remak (1815-1865). J. Neurol. , 260, 1696-7. PMID: 23188474 DOI.

Grzybowski A & Pietrzak K. (2013). Robert Remak (1815-1865): discoverer of the fungal character of dermatophytoses. Clin. Dermatol. , 31, 802-5. PMID: 24312990

Pearce JM. (1996). Remak, father and son. Lancet , 347, 1669-70. PMID: 8642963

Anderson CT. (1986). Robert Remak and the multinucleated cell: eliminating a barrier to the acceptance of cell division. Bull Hist Med , 60, 523-43. PMID: 3545332



Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, March 29) Embryology Embryology History - Robert Remak. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Embryology_History_-_Robert_Remak

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