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Hermann Joseph Muller, a UT professor from 1920 to 1932, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was the first to show that radiation from X-rays could cause gene mutations. His work played a key role in early efforts to promote public awareness of the dangers of radiation and proved useful for agriculture and other fields.
Left: Muller with his jeweler's loupe, a fly viewing practice he picked up while working in the Morgan lab. (Photo in UT Zoology Archive, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) Right: article image from piece written by C.P. Oliver
Left: Muller in his UT office, BIO 325. Right: Muller in 1922.
The photo of the Fly Room that launched the search. (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History)
