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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Willys K. Silvers is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their academic profile reflects a career engaged in research and scholarship within a higher education context.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Silvers was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1989.

Although specific details about their research papers, co-authors, publication venues, fields of study, subfields, and main research topics are not available, the fellowship with the AAAS indicates a recognized level of achievement within the scientific community.

The available data does not provide information regarding book publications or specific academic disciplines pursued, which limits the scope of detailing precise areas of expertise or thematic research focuses.

Silvers is currently living and maintains an active status in the academic and scientific fields.

Best Publications

  • Transplantation of tissues and cells

    R. E. Billingham;Willys K. Silvers

  • The Effects of Genotype and Cell Environment on Melanoblast Differentiation in the House Mouse.

    Clement L. Markert;Willys K. Silvers

  • QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ON THE MIXED LYMPHOCYTE INTERACTION IN RATS : II. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PROLIFERATIVE RESPONSE TO THE IMMUNOLOGIC STATUS OF THE DONORS

    Darcy B. Wilson;Willys K. Silvers;Peter C. Nowell

  • Studies on Tolerance of the Y Chromosome Antigen in Mice

    R. E. Billingham;Willys K. Silvers

  • STUDIES ON THE CONSERVATION OF EPIDERMAL SPECIFICITIES OF SKIN AND CERTAIN MUCOSAS IN ADULT MAMMALS

    R. E. Billingham;Willys K. Silvers

  • The melanocytes of mammals.

    R. E. Billingham;Willys K. Silvers

  • H-Y antigen, serologically detectable male antigen and sex determination.

    Willys K. Silvers;David L. Gasser;Eva M. Eicher

  • Quantitative studies on the induction of tolerance of skin homografts and on runt disease in neonatal rats.

    R. E. Billingham;V. Defendi;W. K. Silvers;D. Steinmuller

  • Genetics and Immunology of Sex-Linked Antigens

    David L. Gasser;Willys K. Silvers

  • An experimental approach to action of genes at the agouti locus in the mouse.

    Willys K. Silvers;Elizabeth S. Russell

  • Further studies on adoptive transfer of sensitivity to skin homografts

    R. E. Billingham;W. K. Silvers;D. B. Wilson

  • THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PIGMENT SPREAD PROBLEM.

    R.E. Billingham;Willys K. Silvers

  • "Intrinsic" immunological tolerance in allophenic mice.

    Beatrice Mintz;Willys K. Silvers

  • Langerhans cells in mouse skin experimentally deprived of its neural crest component.

    Aodan S. Breathnach;Willys K. Silvers;Jacqueline Smith;Susan Heyner

  • Spontaneous Diabetes in Rats: Destruction of Islets is Prevented by Immunological Tolerance

    Ali Naji;Willys K. Silvers;Don Bellgrau;Clyde F. Barker

  • H-Y antigen: behavior and function.

    Willys K. Silvers;Stephen S. Wachtel

  • The cumulative effect of histocompatibility antigens.

    Ralph J. Graff;Willys K. Silvers;Rupert E. Billingham;W. H. Hildemann

  • Prevention of diabetes in rats by bone marrow transplantation.

    Alinaji;Willys K. Silvers;Donald Bellgrau;Arthur . Anderson

  • Genetic Determinants of Immunological Responsiveness

    David L. Gasser;Willys K. Silvers

  • Genetic Control of the Immune Response in Mice. III. An Association between H-2 Type and Reaction to H-Y

    David L. Gasser;Willys K. Silvers

Frequent Co-Authors

Ali Naji
Ali Naji University of Pennsylvania
Darcy B. Wilson
Darcy B. Wilson Torrey Pines Institute For Molecular Studies
James F. Markmann
James F. Markmann Harvard University
Dwight Stambolian
Dwight Stambolian University of Pennsylvania
Andres J. P. Klein-Szanto
Andres J. P. Klein-Szanto Fox Chase Cancer Center
Stanley A. Plotkin
Stanley A. Plotkin University of Pennsylvania
Seth J. Orlow
Seth J. Orlow New York University
Harry G. Goshgarian
Harry G. Goshgarian Wayne State University
Verne M. Chapman
Verne M. Chapman Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Philip Avner
Philip Avner European Bioinformatics Institute

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