Berta Vogel Scharrer was an American scientist who helped to found the scientific discipline now known as neuroendocrinology.
10 Facts About Berta Scharrer
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Berta Scharrer's father served as vice-president of the federal court of Bavaria.
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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.
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Berta Scharrer was forced to emigrate at the onset of the Holocaust.
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Berta Scharrer arrived with her husband, Ernst Scharrer, in the United States with a total of eight dollars.
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Berta Scharrer contributed to the field of neuroimmunology, and in the six years prior to her death, published 11 papers, 3 review articles, and served as the associate editor of the journal Advances in Immunology.
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Berta Scharrer conducted research and taught at Einstein College until her retirement in 1995, five months before her death at age 88.
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Berta Scharrer was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1967.
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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".
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Berta Scharrer was awarded the Schleiden Medal in 1983 and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.