Victor Nigon Explained

Victor Marc Nigon (born 11 October 1920 in Metz, France, died 5 July 2015) was a biologist who was first to study the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans in the laboratory, with Ellsworth Dougherty, in the 1940s.^{[1] [2]}

Jean-Louis Brun, a student of Nigon, continued experiments on the 'Bergerac' variety of C. elegans.^[3]

The specific epithet given to the nematode species Caenorhabditis nigoni is a tribute to Victor Nigon.Victor Nigon has filed for some patents to protect their inventions, which have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).^[4]

See also

• History of research on Caenorhabditis elegans

Notes and References

1. Les modalités de la reproduction et le determinisme du sexe chez quelques Nematodes libres. V Nigon - Annales de Sciences Naturelles-Zool. Biol. Anim., 1949
2. Reproductive patterns and attempts at reciprocal crossing of Rhabditis elegans maupas, 1900, and Rhabditis briggsae Dougherty and nigon, 1949 (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). Victor Nigon and Ellsworth C. Dougherty, JEZ-A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, Volume 112, Issue 3, December 1949, Pages 485–503,
3. http://www.wormbook.org/chapters/www_nematodeshistory/nematodeshistory.html History of research on C. elegans and other free-living nematodes as model organisms. Victor Marc Nigon and Marie-Anne Félix
4. Web site: patents justia . en-US.