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Born in
a small town in Silesia, Germany, Viktor Hamburger
attended the Universities of Breslau, Heidelberg,
Munich and Freiburg. At the University of Freiburg,
he studied with the renowned biologist, Hans Spemann,
Nobel Laureate. Professor Hamburger earned his doctoral
degree in zoology (experimental embryology) at the
University of Freiburg in 1925. The recipient of a
Rockefeller Fellowship in 1932, Professor Hamburger
came to the United States to study at the University
of Chicago with Dr. Frank R. Lillie. In 1935 he joined
the faculty of Washington University.
Dr. Hamburger is known for his pioneering work in
experimental embryology, neuroembryology and the study
of programmed cell death, and his work on NGF with
Rita Levi-Montalcine and Stanley Cohen. During
his tenure at this Washington University, he served
as Chairman of the Department of Zoology from 1941-1966.
Professor Hamburger was a member of the National Academy
of Sciences, as well as the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. Though
he retired as professor emeritus in 1969, Dr. Hamburger
continued his research until the mid-1980s.
He passed away in 2001, just a few weeks short of
his 101st birthday.
Past
Hamburger Lecturers
1979
Rita Levi-Montalcini
1980
Paul Greengard
1982
Howard Schneiderman
1983
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
1984
Dale Purves
1985
Hampton Carson
1987
Stanley Cohen
1987
W. Maxwell Cowan
1989
Corey Goodman
1990
John B. Gurdon
1991
Douglas A. Melton
1992
Hans Thoenen
1993
Lynn Landmesser
1994
Friedrich Bonhoeffer
1995
Thomas M. Jessell
1996
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
1997
Walter J. Gehring
1998
Marc W. Kirschner
1999
Nicole Le Douarin
2000
Viktor Hamburger Centenary Symposium October 20, 2000
2001
Carla Shatz
2002
Gerd B. Mueller
2003
Irving Weissman
2004
Eddy De Robertis
2005
Marianne Bronner-Fraser
2006
David McClay
2007 Denise Duboule
2009 Sydney Brenner
2010 Gerald Rubin
2011 Pasko Rakic
2012 Ben Barres
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