On this day in 1941: Hans Spemann died, won 1935 #NobelPrize for discovering embryonic induction #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1923: D Carleton Gajdusek born, won 1976 #NobelPrize for his discovery of transmissible dementias #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1985: John F Enders died, won 1954 #NobelPrize for technique to grow polio virus and developed measles vaccine #NobelPrize #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1918: Derek Barton born, won 1969 #NobelPrize for demonstrating the chemical and biological behaviour of steroids #ThisDayinBiotech

On this day in 1913: Stanford Moore born, won 1972 #NobelPrize for his work on the catalytic activity of ribonuclease #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1899: Frank Macfarlane Burnet born, won 1960 #NobelPrize for advancing knowlege about auto-immunitty and immune tolerance #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1888: Thomas Rivers born, leading virologist oversaw polio vaccine development #ThisDayinBiotech

On this day in 2001: Christiaan Barnard died, transplanted the first successful human heart, #NobelPrize #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1992: Barbara McClintock died, won 1938 #NobelPrize for showing how chromosomes change #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1980 1st transgenic mice made with rDNA #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1906: Karl Folkers born, 1st isolated vitamin B12 #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1877: Francis W Aston born, won 1922 #NobelPrize for for discovering isotopes #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1985: Frank Macfarlane Burnet died, won 1960 #NobelPrize for advancing knowlege about auto-immunitty and immune tolerance #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1909: 1st time Salvarsan injected into animals as test for syphilis treatment #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1884: Theordor Svedberg born, won 1936 #NobelPrize for inventing analytical ultracentrifuge #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1904: Werner Forssmann born, won 1956 #NobelPrize for enabling cardiac catheterisation #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1865: Robert Remak died, discovered that all cells come from the division of pre-existing cells #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1841: Olive Wendell Holmes Jr born, early advocate of better hygiene by physicians to prevent puerperal fever #ThisDayinBiotech

On this day in 2021 Edmond H Fischer died, won 1992 #NobelPrize for work discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1924: William M Bayliss born, co-discovered the 1st hormone, secretin, & developed gum-saline injections for wound shock #ThisDayInBiotech