Harry Eagle
Harry Eagle (born July 13, 1905 in New York City , † June 12, 1992 ) was an American medic . As a pathologist, together with Renato Dulbecco, he laid the foundations for in vitro cultivation of living cells.
Its nutrient media are still used in modern cell culture today. The nutrient media he developed in cell culture are still named after him (mostly just in abbreviation), for example the MEM ( Minimal Eagle's Medium ), EMEM ( Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium ) or the DMEM ( Dulbecco's modified Eagle Medium ).
In 1960 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1963 to the National Academy of Sciences . In 1964/1965 Harry Eagle was President of the American Association of Immunologists . He was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize in 1973 and the National Medal of Science in 1987 .
Works (selection)
- H. Eagle: Nutrition needs of mammalian cells in tissue culture. In: Science Volume 122, Number 3168, September 1955, pp. 501-514, ISSN 0036-8075 . PMID 13255879 .
- H. Eagle: The specific amino acid requirements of a mammalian cell (strain L) in tissue culture. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry . Volume 214, Number 2, June 1955, pp. 839-852, ISSN 0021-9258 . PMID 14381421 .
literature
- JE Darnell, L. Levintow, MD Scharff: Harry Eagle. In: Journal of Cellular Physiology . Volume 76, Number 3, December 1970, pp. 241-252, ISSN 0021-9541 . doi : 10.1002 / jcp.1040760304 . PMID 4925975 .
- A. Gilman: Presentation of the Academy Medal to Harry Eagle, MD In: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. Volume 46, Number 9, September 1970, pp. 666-669, ISSN 0028-7091 . PMID 4916300 . PMC 1749767 (free full text).
Individual evidence
- ^ Harry Eagle , US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed July 19, 2016
- ^ Columbia University Medical Center: Past Recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize.
- ^ National Science Foundation: The President's National Medal of Science: Harry Eagle .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eagle, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1992 |