Loeb, Jacques

Loeb, Jacques

▪ German biologist

born April 7, 1859, Mayen, near Koblenz, Prussia [now in Germany]
died Feb. 11, 1924, Hamilton, Bermuda
 German-born American biologist noted chiefly for his experimental work on artificial parthenogenesis (reproduction without fertilization).

      Having received an M.D. degree from the University of Strasbourg (1884), Loeb began work in biology at the University of Würzburg (1886–88) and continued at the University of Strasbourg (1888–90) and the Naples biological station (1889–91). In 1891 he moved to the United States, becoming professor successively at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) College (1891–92), the University of Chicago (1892–1902), and the University of California, Berkeley (1902–10). In 1910 he became a member of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University), New York City, a position he held until his death. A good deal of his experimental work was done at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass.

      Popular interest, attended by some controversy, accompanied his parthenogenesis experiments, beginning in 1899, when he succeeded in bringing about the development of sea urchin larvae from unfertilized eggs by exposing them to controlled changes in their environment. This work was later extended to the production of parthenogenetic frogs, which he raised to sexual maturity. Loeb's work was significant in showing that the initiation of cell division in fertilization was controlled chemically and was in effect separate from the transmission of hereditary traits.

      Loeb also is remembered for his work on the physiology of the brain, animal tropisms (involuntary orientations), regeneration of tissue, and the duration of life. He is noted for his arguments in favour of mechanism, the belief that the phenomena of life can be explained in terms of physical and chemical laws. In his later years he made important contributions to the theory of colloidal behaviour of proteins.

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