Viktor Hamburger

Viktor Hamburger
Born(1900-07-09)July 9, 1900
Landeshut, Silesia
DiedJune 12, 2001(2001-06-12) (aged 100)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
Known forNerve growth factor
Scientific career
FieldsEmbryology
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis
Doctoral advisorHans Spemann

Viktor Hamburger (July 9, 1900 – June 12, 2001)[1][2] was a German-American professor and embryologist. His collaboration with neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini resulted in the discovery of nerve growth factor.[3] In 1951 he and Howard Hamilton published a standardized stage series to describe chicken embryo development, now called the Hamburger-Hamilton stages. He was considered "one of the most influential neuroembryologists of the twentieth century".[2]

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  2. ^ a b Garland E. Allen. Viktor Hamburger, 1900–2001. National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs, 2015, 39 pp.
  3. ^ Cowan, W. M. (2001). "Viktor Hamburger Andrita Levi-Montalcini: The Path to the Discovery of Nerve Growth Factor". Annual Review of Neuroscience. 24: 551–600. doi:10.1146/annurev.neuro.24.1.551. PMID 11283321.