Sep 10 The organiser: Hilde Mangold

100 Ideas, Developmental genetics, History of genetics, Women in genetics

We explore the life and work of Hilde Mangold, whose work in developmental genetics led to the discovery of the Spemann-Mangold organiser.

Sep 10

Sep 10 “A woman and a Jew? Forget it!”: The story of Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch

Kat Arney

100 Ideas, History of genetics, Women in genetics, Developmental genetics

We explore the life of Salome Gluecksohn, a woman and a Jew in early 20th century Germany whose experiments with mice sparked a new field in science: developmental genetics.

Jan 30

Jan 30 Back to the womb - fish, fraud and dodgy embryology

Kat Arney

100 Ideas, Developmental genetics, Evolution, History of genetics

German zoologist Ernst Haeckel had a flair for illustration, creating incredibly detailed and widely shared scientific images. But do his famous embryo drawings really show the true picture of early development?