Carl F. Nathan

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Carl F. Nathan
Alma mater
Awards
Robert Koch Prize
Scientific career
Institutions

Carl F. Nathan is the chair of the department of microbiology and immunology at

M. tuberculosis
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Career

Nathan graduated from Harvard College in 1967, and Harvard Medical School in 1972. After an internal medicine residency, he did a fellowship in oncology. He was a professor at the Rockefeller University from 1977–1986, before moving to Cornell.[1] He has been the chair of the department of microbiology and immunology since 1998.[2] His lab is in the Belfer Research Building.[3]

Nathan was involved in the discovery of the roles of IFNγ, TGF-β, and TNFα in

macrophages.[1][4]

Nathan was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 1983 and the National Academy of Medicine in 1998.[5] He was elected to the

Robert Koch Prize in 2009 and the Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Medicine in 2013.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "People". Nathan lab.
  2. ^ "Nathan, Carl F." vivo.med.cornell.edu.
  3. ^ "History". Nathan lab.
  4. ^ "Carl F. Nathan, M.D." Cancer Research Institute.
  5. ^ "The American Society for Clinical Investigation".
  6. ^ "Carl Nathan". www.nasonline.org.
  7. ^ "Carl F. Nathan - Rita Allen Foundation". ritaallen.org.