Thomas Hunt Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan

male, deceased (1945)
Johns Hopkins University alumni, American, Biologist, geneticist, drosophilamelanogaster, Columbia University faculty…Drosophila, D. melanogaster
Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 - December 4, 1945) was an American geneticist and embryologist. Morgan received his PhD from Johns Hopkins...

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

67 years old
From magdeburg, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, genetics, biology, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Biologist…drosophilamelanogaster
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in P...
Edward B. Lewis

Edward B. Lewis

male, deceased (2004)
University of Minnesota, World War II, Biologist, geneticist, drosophilamelanogaster, california institute of technology…Drosophila
Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918 - July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Lewis was born in...
Alfred Sturtevant

Alfred Sturtevant

male, deceased (1970)
geneticist, drosophilamelanogaster, chromosome, American, National Medal of Science recipient, National Medal of Science
Alfred Henry Sturtevant (November 21, 1891-April 5, 1970) was an American geneticist. Sturtevant constructed the first genetic map of a chromosome...
Eric F. Wieschaus

Eric F. Wieschaus

male, 62 years old
Yale University alumni, Yale University, Developmental biologist, Drosophila, Zygote, John Carroll Catholic High School…Drosophila embryogenesis, drosophilamelanogaster
Eric F. Wieschaus (born June 8, 1947) is an American developmental biologist and Nobel Prize-winner. Born in South Bend, Indiana, he attended John...
Calvin Bridges

Calvin Bridges

male, deceased (1938)
American, Columbia University, drosophilamelanogaster, polytene chromosome, chromosome, gene
Calvin Blackman Bridges (January 11 1889 - December 27 1938) was an American scientist, known for his contributions to the field of genetics. Along...
Walter Sutton

Walter Sutton

male, deceased (1916)
University of Kansas alumni, from Utica, New York, grasshopper, cell, chromosomes, laws of segregation and independent assortment…drosophilamelanogaster
Walter Stanborough Sutton Father of Ben and Sam Kiley (adopted them) who were two african americans. (April 5, 1877 - November 10, 1916) was an...

Paul Schedl

male
Stanford University, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Biologist, Princeton University faculty, drosophilamelanogaster
Paul Daniel Schedl is a Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. Schedl’s career as a molecular biologist has spanned the North Am...

Gene Myers

male
Janelia Farm Research Campus, sequencing, algorithms, Computational Biology, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley faculty…Drosophila, drosophilamelanogaster
Gene Myers is a computer scientist whose research focuses on algorithms and computational biology. Gene is currently group leader at the new...
Marek Mlodzik

Marek Mlodzik

male
mount sinai school of medicine, Biologist, drosophilamelanogaster, EMBL Heidelberg, planar cell polarity
Marek Mlodzik is the Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and also holds professorships in Oncological Sciences and...