Walter Gehring#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 141 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Walter Gehring passed away May 29, 2014.
Positions Held
- 1972 - 2009 Full Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, University of Basel
- 1969 - 1972 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy and Dept. of Molecular Biophysics, Yale University
- 1967 - 1969 Postdoctoral fellowship, Yale University, U. S. A.
- 1965 Ph. D., University of Zurich
- 1963 - 1967 Research Associate, University of Zurich
Fields of Scholarship
- Developmental biology and genetics
- Drosophila genetics and development
- Discovery of the homeobox
- Eye development
Honours and Awards
- 1996 the Otto Warburg Medal
- 1997 the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
- 2000 the Kyoto Prize for Basic Science
- 2002 Balzan Prize for Developmental Biology
- 2010 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Barcelona
- 2010 Great Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Secretary General of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- President of the International Society of Developmental Biologists
- Foreign Member of the National Academy of the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany and Sweden
