title: Obituary: Walter J. Gehring (1939-2014).
abstract: Alex Schier looks back at the life and research of his graduate mentor and friend Walter Gehring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA schier@fas.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Alexander F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Schier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015509:Developmental Biology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D013557:Switzerland