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271:, and she made significant contributions to teleost embryology. She was particularly interested in questions of inductions, differentiation capabilities, and regulation. Seven early papers were based upon grafting experiments and demonstrated that the dorsal lips of fish and amphibian embryos showed the same organizer activity. Oppenheimer also performed 147:
Oppenheimer was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James H. Oppenheimer and Sylvia Stern. Her father, a physician, encouraged physical activity: sports at school and a personalized exercise regimen at home. She was tutored in French and piano, and developed a love of classical music, fine food,
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Oppenheimer was awarded the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal (Yale Graduate Alumni Association), Otto H. Hafner Award (American Association of the History of Medicine and the Medical Library Association), Kosmos Achievement Award (U.S.S.R.), Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching,
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Oppenheimer retired in 1980 as the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Biology and History of Science, but returned to Bryn Mawr as a visiting professor from 1983 to 1984. She also taught at the
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began teaching courses on the history of science. In the 1970s, Oppenheimer was instrumental in developing a cooperative graduate program in the history of science involving Bryn Mawr, the
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and travel. Oppenheimer's interests in Art were eclectic. The collection she donated to Bryn Mawr includes jade, ivory, and bronze objects, landscape watercolors, and etchings by
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Carol W. Campbell, "Professor Emeritus Jane M. Oppenheimer's Legacy Features in the Lois and Reginald Collier Science Library,"
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The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century
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Margaret Hollyday, "Jane Marion Oppenheimer, 1911-1996," Society for Developmental Biology website,
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Kimberly A. Buettner, "Jane Marion Oppenheimer," The Embryo Project Encyclopedia,
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Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century
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Oppenheimer designed one of the four American experiments performed in the 1975
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As editor or member of the editorial board, Oppenheimer was involved with
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Joy Harvey and Marilyn Ogilvie, "Oppenheimer, Jane Marion (1911-1996),"
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http://www.sdbonline.org/sites/archive/SDBMembership/Oppenheimer.html
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http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/mirabile/mirabile1/oppenheimer.html
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Oppenheimer's experimental career grew from her graduate work with
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Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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mission. The experiment analyzed the effects of weightlessness on
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Oppenheimer belonged to many scholarly societies, including the
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Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter
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and served as secretary from 1987 to 1992, and of the
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In 1937, Oppenheimer served as a Research Fellow at
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as an undergraduate attending summer classes at the
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Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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http://embryo.asu.edu/pages/jane-marion-oppenheimer
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Oppenheimer used Nicholas's method of 410: 185:Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory 674:"Jane Marion Oppenheimer (1911-1996)" 497:(accessed 14 February 2015), 963-964. 400:College of Physicians of Philadelphia 279:, and published a staging series for 7: 365:American Academy of Arts and Letters 143:Early life, interests, and education 27:American embryologist and historian 516:McPherson, Mary Patterson (1998). 380:American Association of Anatomists 25: 562:Hollyday, SDB; McPherson, 289-90. 425:(accessed 13 February 2015), 487. 340:Journal of the History of Biology 728:20th-century American historians 678:Society of Developmental Biology 384:American Society of Naturalists 733:American historians of science 572:Saxon, Wolfgang (1996-03-23). 369:American Society of Zoologists 361:American Philosophical Society 239:New School for Social Research 232:American Philosophical Society 1: 468:(accessed 13 February 2015). 455:(accessed 13 February 2015). 442:(accessed 13 February 2015). 371:in 1973 and a Fellow of the 357:NASA Group Achievement Award 131:(1911–1996) was an American 367:. She was president of the 344:Quarterly Review of Biology 167:Oppenheimer graduated from 779: 493:, eds. (Routledge, 2003), 388:History of Science Society 228:University of Pennsylvania 738:Bryn Mawr College faculty 623:10.1017/s0025727300014873 257:as a visiting professor. 122: 78: 748:Bryn Mawr College alumni 605:Towers, Bernard (1969). 255:Northwestern University 251:Hadassah Medical School 220:University of Rochester 189:Ross Granville Harrison 129:Jane Marion Oppenheimer 46:Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. 18:Jane Marion Oppenheimer 743:Yale University alumni 723:American embryologists 181:John Spangler Nicholas 117:John Spangler Nicholas 336:Journal of Morphology 268:Fundulus heteroclitus 204:Fundulus heteroclitus 328:Biological Abstracts 171:(1932) and earned a 137:historian of science 247:University of Paris 34:Jane M. 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Jane Marion Oppenheimer
Bryn Mawr College
Yale University
Embryology
History of Science
Bryn Mawr College
Doctoral advisor
John Spangler Nicholas
embryologist
historian of science
Pablo Picasso
Jacques Villon
Auguste Rodin
Leonard Baskin
Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D.
Yale University
John Spangler Nicholas
Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
Ross Granville Harrison
dechorionating
embryos
killifish
teleost
University of Rochester
Dorothy Wyckoff
University of Pennsylvania
American Philosophical Society
New School for Social Research
Johns Hopkins

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