The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1935
Awarded on: 1935-10-24
"for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development"
Affiliations:
- University of Freiburg im Breisgau – Breisgau, Germany
Hans Spemann
Born: 1869-06-27 in Stuttgart, Württemberg (now Germany)
Gender: male
Field: German embryologist (1869–1941)
Biography
Hans Spemann was a German embryologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his student Hilde Mangold's discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, an influence, exercised by various parts of the embryo, that directs the development of groups of cells into particular tissues and organs, one of the first steps towards cloning. Spemann added his name as an author to Hilde Mangold's dissertation and won a Nobel Prize for her work.