Just began to teach at Howard University where he was appointed head of the Department of Zoology in At Howard, he also served as a professor in the medical school and head of the Department of Physiology until his death.
Beginning in , Dr. Ernest Just produced ground-breaking research in cell biology at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Conducting thousands of experiments studying the fertilization of the marine mammal cell, Dr. Just was able to successfully challenge Jaacque Loeb's theory of artificial parthenogenesis in Despite his part-time appointment, Ernest Just published over seventy scientific papers during his studies there.
In , Ernest Just received the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy magna cum laude from the University of Chicago in experimental embryology, with a thesis on the mechanics of fertilization. In Dr. Just was selected from among the biologists of the world by a group of German biologist to contribute to a monograph on fertilization, one of a series of monographs by specialists working on fundamental problems of the function and structure of the cell.
He is a contributor to Volume Two of Dr. Jerome Alexander's three-volume series on Colloid Chemistry. From Dr. Under this grant program he engaged in research as an adjunct researcher of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology in Berlin, working under Professor Max Hartman's department. He also worked at the marine biological laboratories in Naples and in Sicily.
Ernest Just. Although Dr. Just was considered a leader and authority for his work with cell development, as an African American, he continued to experience racism and prejudice. For this reason, Dr. Just decided to study in Europe in He also worked as editor-in-chief for three scholarly periodicals and, in , won the first NAACP Spingarn medal for the outstanding achievement by a black American.
From to , he was a member of Julius Rosenwald, a biology researcher at the National Research Council, which allowed him to work in Europe when racial discrimination hampered his opportunities in the United States.
The scientist went to France, where he and Hedwig worked in a station Biologique in Finisterre district and completed what he considered his greatest achievement, the book The Biology of the Cell Surface. In October , the station Biologique received orders from the French government to close its facilities to foreigners; Just and Hedwig decide to stay in the French port city of Roscoff anyway.
Ernest Everett Just Personal life. Just married high school teacher Ethel Highwarden on June 26, , and they had three children together, Margaret, Highwarden, and Maribel, before divorcing in That same year, he married Hedwig Schnetzler, a philosophy student whom he met in Berlin. After leaving France, the couple gave birth to a daughter, Elisabeth. A brilliant marine biologist who made numerous significant discoveries concerning cell behavior, Ernest Everett Just faced many obstacles in his career because of racial prejudice.
He overcame many of them, but they left their mark on him. Just helped out by working in the fields after school. Ernest Everett Just was an African American biologist and educator who pioneered many areas on the physiology of development, including fertilization, experimental parthenogenesis, hydration, cell division, dehydration in living cells and ultraviolet carcinogenic radiation effects on cells.
Just's legacy of accomplishments followed him long after his death, on October 27, It was during his university years that Just discovered an interest in biology after reading a paper on fertilization and egg development. This bright young man earned the highest grades in Greek during his freshman year, and was selected as a Rufus Choate scholar for two years.
He graduated as the sole magna cum laude student in , also receiving honors in botany, sociology and history. Just's first job out of college was as a teacher and researcher at the traditionally all-Black Howard University.
Just furthered his education by obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago, where he studied experimental embryology and graduated magna cum laude. Just pioneered many areas on the physiology of development, including fertilization, experimental parthenogenesis, hydration, cell division, dehydration in living cells and ultraviolet carcinogenic radiation effects on cells. From to , he was a Julius Rosenwald Fellow in Biology of the National Research Council — a position that provided him the chance to work in Europe when racial discrimination hindered his opportunities in the United States.
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