1995
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1995 to Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus for their discoveries concerning “the genetic control of early embryonic development”. From Egg to Adult Fly The adult fly consists of head,…
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Press release
Press release
NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE 9 October 1995 has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1995 jointly to Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus for their discoveries concerning “the genetic control of early embryonic development”. Summary The 1995 laureates in physiology…
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Edward B. Lewis – Biographical
Biographical
Dr. Lewis received the B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1939 and the Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1942. He served to the rank of captain in the United States Army Air Force from 1942-1945 as a meteorologist and oceanographer in the Pacific Theater. He joined the Caltech faculty in…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Björn Vennström of the Nobel Committee at the Translation of the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, At the beginning of a life the newly fertilized egg divides and becomes two cells, then four, eight, and so on. At first, all the cells are alike. Later,…
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