Eric H. Davidson Scientist

Eric H. Davidson (born 1937) is a developmental biologist at the California Institute of Technology. Davidson is best known for his pioneering work on the role of gene regulation in evolution, on embryonic specification and for spearheading the effort to sequence the genome of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. He has devoted a large part of his professional career to developing an understanding of embryogenesis at the genetic level. He has written many academic works describing his work, including a textbook on early animal development.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1937
Nationality
United States
Residence
Pasadena California
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Rockefeller University
Known for
Sea urchin
Gene regulatory network

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Scientist

awards
Alexander von Humboldt
International Prize for Biology
doctoral advisor
Alfred Mirsky
Field of study
Developmental biology

Eric H. Davidson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080206759
  2. http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mirsky