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Thomas Huckle Weller (June 15, 1915 – August 23, 2008) was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue.
Thomas Huckle Weller (Ann Arbor, 15 de junho de 1915 — Needham, 23 de agosto de 2008) foi um virologista estadunidense. Foi agraciado, juntamente com John Franklin Enders e Frederick Chapman Robbins, com o Nobel de Fisiologia ou Medicina de 1954, por descobertas sobre viroses da poliomielite e seu crescimento nos tecidos.
Biographical. Thomas Huckle Weller was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on June 15th, 1915. He was educated at the public schools there, and later at the University of Michigan, where his father, Carl Vernon Weller had an appointment in the Pathology Department of the Medical School.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Thomas Huckle Weller. Born: June 15, 1915, Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S. Died: Aug. 23, 2008, Needham, Mass. (aged 93) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize. Subjects Of Study: poliovirus. tissue culture.
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Thomas Huckle Weller was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on June 15, 1915. The son and grandson of physicians, Weller exhibited an interest in natural science early in life, becoming an amateur ornithologist in his youth. He attended the University of Michigan, where his father, Carl Vernon Weller, was professor and chair of the pathology department. ...
Thomas H. Weller, was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with John F. Enders andFrederick C. Robbins"for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue." Weller began working in Enders's laboratory at Children's Hospital in Boston in 1947 and, with Enders's help, su...
E. Mead Johnson Award, 1953Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1955Member, National Academy of Science, 1964Nobel Prize biographyThe National Academy of Sciences biographical memoirNew York Times obituary27 de ago. de 2008 · An obituary on Wednesday about Thomas H. Weller, a tropical-medicine specialist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954, misstated his middle name. It was Huckle, not...
20 de set. de 2008 · Stephen Pincock. Published: September 20, 2008 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736 (08)61430-0. Thomas Huckle Weller. View Large Image. Copyright © 2008 Harvard Medical Library in Francis A Countway Library of Medicine. Virologist who shared the Nobel Prize in 1954 for work on poliomyelitis virus.
