15 Facts About Berta Scharrer

Berta Vogel Scharrer was an American scientist who helped to found the scientific discipline now known as neuroendocrinology.

Berta Scharrer worked at the university with Professor Karl von Frisch, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 for his work with bees.

Berta Scharrer was forced to emigrate at the onset of the Holocaust in 1937.

Berta Scharrer arrived with Ernst in the United States with a total of eight dollars.

Ernst had secured a Rockefeller Fellowship at the University of Chicago and Berta Scharrer continued her research, initially working with Drosophila and later with cockroaches and related species for the remainder of her research career.

Berta Scharrer specialized in the study of invertebrates, while Ernst focused on vertebrates.

Berta Scharrer continued her research until her death in 1995 at the age of 88.

Berta Scharrer received numerous awards and honors throughout her career, including the National Medal of Science from President Ronald Reagan in 1983.

Berta Scharrer's work left a lasting impact on the fields of neurobiology and endocrinology, and she continues to be respected and influential among anatomists.

Berta Vogel Scharrer was born December 8,1906, in Munich, Germany, into a prosperous, well-educated family.

Berta Scharrer's father, Karl Phillip Vogel was a judge serving as vice president of the Federal Court of Bavaria.

Berta Scharrer conducted research and taught at Einstein College until her retirement in 1995, five months before her death at age 88.

Berta Scharrer was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1967.

Berta Scharrer earned honorary degrees from various universities, including one from Harvard in 1982, "as well as a nomination for a Nobel Prize for her pioneering research in brain chemicals".

Berta Scharrer was awarded the Schleiden Medal in 1983 and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.