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4498
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2185

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
  • 1989 - Distinguished Scientist Award, Mineralogical Society of America
  • 1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1953 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Don W. Fawcett was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic career involved contributions that led to recognition within the scientific community through multiple awards spanning several decades.

Throughout their career, Fawcett received several honors including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1953, becoming a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1972, and attaining Fellowship at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1978. Later recognitions included the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Mineralogical Society of America in 1989 and becoming a Fellow of the same society in 2009.

Their work was primarily associated with mineralogy and related scientific fields, as indicated by the affiliations and awards granted by geological and mineralogical societies.

Details regarding frequent co-authors, specific research publications, fields of study, subfields, and main topics of work were not provided.

Best Publications

  • The Blood-Testis Barrier in the Rat and the Physiological Compartmentation of the Seminiferous Epithelium

    Martin Dym;Don W. Fawcett

  • The mammalian spermatozoon

    Don W. Fawcett

  • STUDIES ON THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE MAMMALIAN TESTIS I. DIFFERENTIATION OF THE SPERMATIDS IN THE CAT (FELIS DOMESTICA)

    Mario H. Burgos;Don W. Fawcett

  • THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE CAT MYOCARDIUM: I. Ventricular Papillary Muscle

    Don W. Fawcett;N. Scott McNutt

  • Separation of mouse spermatogenic cells by sedimentation velocity: A morphological characterization☆

    L.J. Romrell;Anthony R. Bellvé;Don W. Fawcett

  • A study of the fine structure of ciliated epithelia

    Don W. Fawcett;Keith R. Porter

  • Observations on the cytology and electron microscopy of hepatic cells.

    Don W. Fawcett

  • Morphogenetic factors influencing the shape of the sperm head.

    Don W. Fawcett;Winston A. Anderson;David M. Phillips

  • A Comparative View of Sperm Ultrastructure

    Don W. Fawcett

  • Further Observations on the Numbers of Spermatogonia, Spermatocytes, and Spermatids Connected by Intercellular Bridges in the Mammalian Testis

    Martin Dym;Don W. Fawcett

  • The normal development of the blood‐testis barrier and the effects of clomiphene and estrogen treatment

    Roberto Vitale;Don W. Fawcett;Martin Dym

  • On the occurrence of a fibrous lamina on the inner aspect of the nuclear envelope in certain cells of vertebrates

    Don W. Fawcett

  • An improved perfusion fixation method for the testis

    W. G. Forssmann;S. Ito;E. Weihe;A. Aoki

  • Comparative Observations on Intertubular Lymphatics and the Organization of the Interstitial Tissue of the Mammalian Testis

    Don W. Fawcett;William B. Neaves;Martha N. Flores

  • The Sertoli cell occluding junctions and gap junctions in mature and developing mammalian testis.

    Norton B. Gilula;Don W. Fawcett;Agustin Aoki

  • The ultrastructure of the cat myocardium. II. Atrial muscle.

    N. Scott McNutt;Don W. Fawcett

  • THE NORMAL FINE STRUCTURE OF OPOSSUM TESTICULAR INTERSTITIAL CELLS

    A. Kent Christensen;Don W. Fawcett

  • Studies on the fine structure of the mammalian testis. II. The human interstitial tissue

    Don W. Fawcett;Mario H. Burgos

  • The fine structure and development of the neck region of the mammalian spermatozoon.

    Don W. Fawcett;David M. Phillips

  • Physiologically Significant Specializations of the Cell Surface

    Don W. Fawcett

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Doxsey
Stephen J. Doxsey University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
David M. Phillips
David M. Phillips Population Council
Richard L. Sidman
Richard L. Sidman Harvard University
Edward M. Eddy
Edward M. Eddy National Institutes of Health
David F. Albertini
David F. Albertini University of Kansas

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