Eric F. Wieschaus

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine developmental biologist geneticist human

Eric F. Wieschaus is an American developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering genetic studies of embryonic development in the fruit fly Drosophila.

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Eric F. Wieschaus canonical	3
Edward B. Lewis	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ developmental biologist ⓘ geneticist ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science ⓘ PhD in biology ⓘ
almaMater	University of Notre Dame ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
awardReceived	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ⓘ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1947-06-08 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Walter Gehring ⓘ
employer	Princeton University ⓘ
familyName	Wieschaus ⓘ
fieldOfWork	developmental biology ⓘ embryology ⓘ genetics ⓘ
givenName	Eric ⓘ
knownFor	genetic analysis of early embryonic development in Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ identification of genes controlling embryonic pattern formation ⓘ systematic mutagenesis screens in Drosophila ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ German ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
name	Eric F. Wieschaus self-link ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation	for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development ⓘ
NobelPrizeSharedWith	Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard ⓘ Edward B. Lewis ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear	1995 ⓘ
notableConcept	genetic control of early embryogenesis ⓘ
notableStudent	Ruth Lehmann ⓘ
notableWork	large-scale mutagenesis screens to identify zygotic lethal mutations affecting embryonic pattern ⓘ
placeOfBirth	South Bend, Indiana ⓘ surface form: South Bend, Indiana, United States
positionHeld	Professor of Molecular Biology ⓘ Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology ⓘ
researchInterest	cell shape changes during gastrulation ⓘ pattern formation in embryos ⓘ segmentation genes ⓘ
researchSubject	Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ
residence	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
spouse	Trudi Schüpbach ⓘ
workInstitution	Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University ⓘ

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