Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Rolf Zinkernagel
Zinkernagel in 2011
Born (1944-01-06) 6 January 1944 (age 80)
Alma mater
Known forCytotoxic T cells
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
InstitutionsUniversity of Zurich
ThesisThe role of the H-2 gene complex in cell-mediated immunity to viral and bacterial infections in mice (1975)
Websitewww.immunology.uzh.ch/aboutus/emeriti/zinkernagel.html
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Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC (born 6 January 1944) is a professor of experimental immunology at the University of Zurich. Along with Peter C. Doherty, he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.[4][5]

  1. ^ Louis-Jeantet Prize
  2. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Fellowship of the Royal Society 1660-2015". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nobel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hämmerling, GJ. (January 1997). "The 1996 Nobel Prize to Rolf Zinkernagel and Peter Doherty". Cell Tissue Res. 287 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1007/s004410050726. PMID 9011383. S2CID 12529359.

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