Oral history interview with Viktor Hamburger, 1983. 1983.

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Oral history interview with Viktor Hamburger, 1983. 1983.

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Hamburger discusses major points in his long career as an embryologist - his early work in Germany with Hans Spemann and the study of the organizer effect; his experience coming to the United States in 1932 as a Rockefeller fellow and staying on after Hitler's "cleansing of the professions" in Germany; joining the faculty of Washington University and his research there. Hamburger talks about his colleagues such as Rita Levi-Montalcini and their discovery of naturally occurring neuronal death, his work with Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen on the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF), and his study of animal behavior development and motility.

Transcript : 34 leaves.Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 80 min.) : analog.Sound recording : 1 sound tape reel (ca. 80 min.) : analog.

Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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