But this was not sufficient, and partly because he got help to pursue his studies, Mendel became a monk. His given name was Johann, and it was changed to Gregor when he took up monkhood.

Professor Noel Ellis has been awarded a prestigious honour in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the legacy of the 'Father of Genetics', Gregor Mendel. The Mendel Memorial Medal is ...

When Gregor Mendel published the results of his experiments on pea plants in 1866 he initiated a fierce debate about the nature of heredity and genetic determinism that continues today. The battle ...

Mendel’s discovery was on that tremendous order. What can motivate a man to do the work he did? Consider that he had no university laboratory, no large fund to draw from, and no cadre of research ...

Biography and career of Gregor Mendel Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Austrian monk and scientist recognized as the founder of modern genetics. Born in 1822 in Heinzendorf, in the Austro-Hungarian ...

In this week’s World of Genomics, we’re off to Austria! Whilst this central European nation is perhaps most famous for its contributions to the classical music scene, Austria is also a key player in ...

In 1857, Augustinian friar Gregor Mendel began growing peas in the garden of the Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas in Brno, Austrian Empire (present-day Czech Republic).

Born Johann Mendel on July 20, 1822, the burgeoning scientific genius struggled financially for most of his childhood because he was the son of a poor farmer in the Austrian empire. Joining the ...

Just before his 200th birthday, scientists exhumed the remains of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics. Macabre as it sounds, the scientists involved explained in a new NPR interview that ...

We're almost done with 2022, a year that marked the bicentennial of Gregor Mendel's birth. He's known as the father of genetics because his experiments with pea plants established the basic rules ...

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, a group of scientists decided to dig up his body and sequence his DNA. We're almost done with 2022, a ...