Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Rolf Zinkernagel AC | |
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Known for | Cytotoxic T cells |
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Fields | Immunology |
Institutions | University of Zurich |
Thesis | The role of the H-2 gene complex in cell-mediated immunity to viral and bacterial infections in mice (1975) |
Website | www |
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Rolf Martin Zinkernagel
Education
Zinkernagel received his MD degree from the University of Basel in 1970 and his PhD from the Australian National University in 1975.[6]
Career and research
Zinkernagel is a member of the Cancer Research Institute Scientific Advisory Council,[7] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[8] The National Academy of Sciences,[9] the American Philosophical Society,[10] and The Academy of Cancer Immunology. Zinkernagel was elected as a Corresponding Fellow to the Australian Academy of Science also in 1996.
Awards and honours
Together with the
Viruses infect host cells and reproduce inside them. Killer T-cells destroy those infected cells so that the viruses can't reproduce. Zinkernagel and Doherty discovered that, in order for killer T-cells to recognize infected cells, they had to recognize two molecules on the surface of the cell—not only the virus antigen, but also a molecule of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). This recognition was done by a T-cell receptor on the surface of the T-cell. The MHC was previously identified as being responsible for the rejection of incompatible tissues during transplantation. Zinkernagel and Doherty discovered that the MHC was responsible for the body fighting meningitis viruses too.[4]
In addition to the Nobel Prize, he also won the
References
- ^ Louis-Jeantet Prize
- ^ a b "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Fellowship of the Royal Society 1660-2015". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015.
- ^ a b Rolf M. Zinkernagel on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture December 1996 Cellular Immune Recognition and the Biological Role of Major Transplantation Antigens
- S2CID 12529359.
- ^ Zinkernagel, Rolf (1975). The role of the H-2 gene complex in cell-mediated immunity to viral and bacterial infections in mice (PhD thesis). Australian National University.
- ^ Zinkernagel, Rolf M. "Rolf M. Zinkernagel". Cancer Research Institute. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Rolf Martin Zinkernagel". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Rolf M. Zinkernagel". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ It's an Honour: AC
- ^ "Rolf M. Zinkernagel". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
External links
- Rolf M. Zinkernagel on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture December 1996 Cellular Immune Recognition and the Biological Role of Major Transplantation Antigens