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Viktor Hamburger (1900 – 2001)

Founding researcher in the field of developmental neuroscience, establishing the role of neural growth factors (neurotrophic) for neuronal survival during development.

Also know for his development, along with Howard Hamilton, of the historic chicken staging sequence the Hamburger Hamilton Stages.[1]

  • University of Freiburg with Hans Spemann.
  • 1933 - United States, first in Chicago and then at Washington University.
  • 1988 - published "The Foundations of Experimental Embryology: Hans Spemann and the Organizer".


Links: Neural System Development | Hamburger Hamilton Stages | The heritage of experimental embryology


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Reference

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Copyright

Adapted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Obituary. Viktor Hamburger (1900-2001). Lauder JM, Oppenheim R. Nature. 2001 Aug 2;412(6846):496.


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  1. Hamburger V. and Hamilton HL. A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo. (1951) J Morphol. 88(1): 49-92. PMID 24539719 PDF

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