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51
Citations
11338
World Ranking
17043
National Ranking
7024

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Gunther S. Stent was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. During their career, they contributed to the academic and scientific community primarily through research and teaching at this institution.

The scientist received several honors recognizing their contributions to the field of science. These included being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1969. They were also awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1981. Further recognition came with their election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1982.

There are no records available concerning specific research papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues related to Gunther S. Stent. Likewise, details about book publications, main fields of study, subfields, and main research topics were not provided. Consequently, this profile focuses on the known affiliations and honors received throughout their career.

Best Publications

  • A GENETIC LOCUS FOR THE REGULATION OF RIBONUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS

    Gunther S. Stent;Sydney Brenner

  • Neurobiology of the Leech

    Kenneth J. Muller;John G. Nicholls;Gunther Siegmund Stent

  • Molecular biology of bacterial viruses

    Gunther Siegmund Stent

  • Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology

    John Cairns;Gunther Siegmund Stent;James Dewey Watson

  • Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech: II. Identification and connections of motor neurons

    Carol A. Ort;William B. Kristan;Gunther S. Stent

  • Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech. I. Dynamics of the swimming rhythm

    William B. Kristan;Gunther S. Stent;Carol A. Ort

  • Direction of chain growth in enzymic RNA synthesis

    H. Bremer;M.W. Konrad;Kathleen Gaines;G.S. Stent

  • Mind from matter?: An essay on evolutionary epistemology

    Max Delbrück;Gunther Siegmund Stent

  • Cell lineage analysis by intracellular injection of a tracer enzyme.

    David A. Weisblat;Roy T. Sawyer;Gunther S. Stent

  • That Was the Molecular Biology That Was

    Gunther S. Stent

  • Neuronal generation of the leech swimming movement

    GS Stent;WB Kristan;WO Friesen;CA Ort

  • Neuronal control of heartbeat in the medicinal leech

    Wesley J. Thompson;Gunther S. Stent

  • RNA chain growth rates in Escherichia coli

    Haim Manor;David Goodman;Gunther S. Stent

  • Inactivation of bacteriophages by decay of incorporated radioactive phosphorus.

    Gunther S. Stent;Clarence R. Fuerst

  • Mating in the reproduction of bacterial viruses.

    Gunther S. Stent

  • NEURAL CIRCUITS FOR GENERATING RHYTHMIC MOVEMENTS

    Gunther S. Stent

  • Generation of a locomotory rhythm by a neural network with recurrent cyclic inhibition

    W. O. Friesen;G. S. Stent

  • Neuronal control of heartbeat in the medicinal leech: I. Generation of the vascular constriction rhythm by heart motor neurons

    Wesley J. Thompson;Gunther S. Stent

  • Embryonic development of the hirudinid leech Hirudo medicinalis: structure, development and segmentation of the germinal plate

    Juan Fernández;Gunther S. Stent

  • Embryonic origins of cells in the leech Helobdella triserialis

    David A. Weisblat;S.Y. Kim;Gunther S. Stent

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. Kristan
William B. Kristan University of California, San Diego
James D. Watson
James D. Watson Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Ronald L. Calabrese
Ronald L. Calabrese Emory University
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky Stanford University
Kenneth J. Muller
Kenneth J. Muller University of Miami
Howard K. Schachman
Howard K. Schachman University of California, Berkeley
Arthur B. Pardee
Arthur B. Pardee Harvard University

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