#  2024 Mendel Memorial Award Daniel L. Hartl  

 





February 06, 2024

 

 

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 *The Mendelianum Committee of the Moravian*

 *Museum*

 *has decided to award the 2024 Mendel Memorial*

 *Medal*

 *to Daniel L. Hartl for his contribution to the*

 *development of Gregor Mendel's legacy and the*

 *interpretation of his scientific work.*

 *The medal, which is awarded annually, recognizes*

 *significant contributions to the advancement of*

 *Mendel’s scientific and cultural legacy.*

 *Daniel L. Hartl (born 1943) is the Higgins*

 *Professor of Biology in the Department of*

 *Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard*

 *University. He also is a Past President of the*

 *Genetics Society of America and the Society for*

 *Molecular Biology and Evolution, and very well*

 *known as a population geneticist. He has authored*

 *more than 400 scientific articles and more than 35*

 *books in various aspects of genetics and*

 *evolution.*

 *Daniel L. Hartl worked extensively with Vítězslav*

 *Orel (former head of the Mendelianum in*

 *1965-1989) on countering some of the revisionist*

 *history of Mendel in the 1990s, especially in*

 *response to R. C. Olby’s publications. He recently*

 *published an article on Mendel in 2022, and*

 *published others in previous years. The awarding*

 *of the Mendel Memorial Medal is a tribute to his*

 *dedication and achievements in this field. Here is a*

 *selection of some of his key publications on*

 *Mendel:*

 *• Hartl D. L. (2022). Gregor Johann Mendel:*

 *From peasant to priest, pedagogue, and*

 *prelate. Proceedings of the National Academy*

 *of Sciences of the United States of America,*

 *119(30), e2121953119. <https://doi.org/10.1073>*

 */pnas.2121953119*

 *• Franklin, A., Edwards, A. W. F., Fairbanks, D.*

 *J., Hartl, D, L. &amp; Seidenfeld, T. (2008). Ending*

 *the Mendel-Fisher Controversy. University of*

 *Pittsburgh Press. <https://upittpress.org/books>*

 */9780822959861/*

 *• Hartl, D. L., &amp; Fairbanks, D. J. (2007). Mud*

 *sticks: on the alleged falsification of Mendel's*

 *data. Genetics, 175(3), 975–979.*

 *<https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/175.3.975>*

 *• Orel, V., &amp; Hartl, D. L. (1994). Controversies in*

 *the Interpretation of Mendel’s Discovery.*

 *MENU*

 *Mendel Memorial Medal: Moravské zemské muzeum <https://www.mzm.cz/en/translate-to-english-aktualne/mendel-memoria>...*

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 *History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences,*

 *16(3), 423–464. <http://www.jstor.org/stable>*

 */23331700*

 *• Hartl, D. L., &amp; Orel, V. (1992). What did Gregor*

 *Mendel think he discovered? Genetics, 131(2),*

 *245–253. <https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics>*

 */131.2.245*



 

 

 

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