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D-Index
58
Citations
22480
World Ranking
12908
National Ranking
5496

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his research in the development of reproducible conditions for the growth in culture of human and animal cells.", Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.
  • 1984 - E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology
  • 1973 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 1968 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1963 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Harry Eagle is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their scientific career encompasses significant contributions to the field of cell biology and related disciplines.

Throughout their career, they have been recognized with multiple awards, reflecting influence and standing in the scientific community. These include the US President's National Medal of Science, awarded in 1987, with the citation highlighting "For his research in the development of reproducible conditions for the growth in culture of human and animal cells." This medal was presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.

Other honors include the E.B. Wilson Medal from the American Society for Cell Biology in 1984, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University in 1973, election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1968, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences starting in 1963.

Harry Eagle's work has primarily focused on cell culture methods and their reproducibility in experimental settings involving human and animal cells. Their research has contributed to standardizing growth conditions that facilitate consistent laboratory outcomes, which are essential for various biological and medical research applications.

Best Publications

  • Amino Acid Metabolism in Mammalian Cell Cultures

    Harry Eagle

  • Nutrition needs of mammalian cells in tissue culture.

    Harry Eagle

  • Measurement of cell growth in tissue culture with a phenol reagent (folin-ciocalteau).

    Vance I. Oyama;Harry Eagle

  • Propagation in a fluid medium of a human epidermoid carcinoma, strain KB.

    Harry Eagle

  • The rate of bactericidal action of penicillin in vitro as a function of its concentration, and its paradoxically reduced activity at high concentrations against certain organisms.

    Harry Eagle;A. D. Musselman

  • The growth response of mammalian cells in tissue culture to L-glutamine and L-glutamic acid.

    Harry Eagle;Vance I. Oyama;Mina Levy;Clara L. Horton

  • THE MINIMUM VITAMIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE L AND HELA CELLS IN TISSUE CULTURE, THE PRODUCTION OF SPECIFIC VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES, AND THEIR CURE

    Harry Eagle

  • THE SPECIFIC AMINO ACID REQUIREMENTS OF A HUMAN CARCINOMA CELL (STRAIN HELA) IN TISSUE CULTURE

    Harry Eagle

  • Myo-Inositol as an essential growth factor for normal and malignant human cells in tissue culture.

    Harry Eagle;Vance I. Oyama;Mina Levy;Aaron E. Freeman

  • The specific amino acid requirements of a mammalian cell (strain L) in tissue culture.

    Harry Eagle

  • CONTACT INHIBITION, MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHESIS, AND POLYRIBOSOMES IN CULTURED HUMAN DIPLOID FIBROBLASTS

    Elliot M. Levine;Yechiel Becker;Charles W. Boone;Harry Eagle

  • Experimental approach to the problem of treatment failure with penicillin: I. Group a streptococcal infection in mice

    Harry Eagle

  • "Continuous" vs. "discontinuous" therapy with penicillin; the effect of the interval between injections on therapeutic efficacy.

    Harry Eagle;Ralph Fleischman;Mina Levy

  • pH as a Determinant of Cellular Growth and Contact Inhibition

    Costante Ceccarini;Harry Eagle

  • THE POPULATION-DEPENDENT REQUIREMENT BY CULTURED MAMMALIAN CELLS FOR METABOLITES WHICH THEY CAN SYNTHESIZE

    Harry Eagle;Karl Piez

  • The utilization of carbohydrates by human cell cultures.

    Harry Eagle;Stanley Barban;Mina Levy;Henry O. Schulze

  • Effect of schedule of administration on the therapeutic efficacy of penicillin: Importance of the aggregate time penicillin remains at effectively bactericidal levels

    Harry Eagle;Ralph Fleischman;Arlyne D. Musselman

  • Protein Turnover in Mammalian Cell Cultures

    Harry Eagle;Karl A. Piez;Ralph Fleischman;Vance I. Oyama

  • The free amino acid pool of cultured human cells.

    K.A. Piez;Harry Eagle

  • The cytotoxic action of carcinolytic agents in tissue culture

    Harry Eagle;George E. Foley

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl A. Piez
Karl A. Piez National Institutes of Health
James E. Darnell
James E. Darnell Rockefeller University
Leonard Hayflick
Leonard Hayflick University of California, San Francisco
Carlo M. Croce
Carlo M. Croce The Ohio State University
Wallace P. Rowe
Wallace P. Rowe National Institutes of Health
Robert J. Huebner
Robert J. Huebner National Institutes of Health
Stanley A. Plotkin
Stanley A. Plotkin University of Pennsylvania
Hilary Koprowski
Hilary Koprowski Thomas Jefferson University
Wilfred Y. Fujimoto
Wilfred Y. Fujimoto University of Washington

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