Professor Dr.
Peter Gruss
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Geneticist; Research institution staff member and administrator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Cellular and Developmental Biology
Elected
2003
International Honorary Member
President. Developmental biologist who has defined the function of Cdx, Evx, Hox, and Six mammalian gene families. Played a fundamental role in defining the Pax gene, which encodes master regulators of the organogenesis of the eyes, brain, and pancreas.
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