Liane Brauch Russell
Liane Brauch Russell · Science & Medicine
Vienna-born geneticist of chromosomal sex determination; Fermi Award (1993)
1923, Vienna, Austria — 2019, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Austria · United States
Liane Brauch Russell is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Vienna-born geneticist of chromosomal sex determination; Fermi Award (1993)
Russell was an Austrian-born American geneticist whose research on mice established that the Y chromosome determines maleness in mammals and revealed how radiation harms the embryo, leading to the '14-day rule' limiting diagnostic X-rays for women of childbearing age. For this work she received the Enrico Fermi Award in 1993. Born to a Jewish family in Vienna, she fled Nazi Austria with her family and eventually reached the United States.
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Vienna-born geneticist of chromosomal sex determination; Fermi Award (1993)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award
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