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List of immunologists

List of immunologists is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of immunologists rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of notable immunologists. Pioneers Edward Jenner (1749-1823), discovered that cowpox induces protection against smallpox Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), his experiments confirmed the germ theory of disease, he also created the first vaccine for rabies Nobel laureates 1901 Emil Adolf von Behring (1854-1917), "for his serum therapy to treat diphtheria" (First ever Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) 1908…

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This is a list of notable immunologists.

Pioneers Edward Jenner (1749-1823), discovered that cowpox induces protection against smallpox Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), his experiments confirmed the germ theory of disease, he also created the first vaccine for rabies

Nobel laureates 1901 Emil Adolf von Behring (1854-1917), "for his serum therapy to treat diphtheria" (First ever Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) 1908 Eli Metchnikoff (1845-1916) and Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), "for study of the immune system" 1919 Jules Bordet (1870-1961), "for discovery of the complement system in the immune system" 1930 Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943), "for discovery of human blood types" 1960 Peter B. Medawar (1915-1987) and Frank Macfarlane Burnet (1899-1985), "for the discovery that the immune system of the fetus learns how to distinguish between self and non-self" 1972 Gerald Maurice Edelman (1929-2014) and Rodney Robert Porter (1917-1985), "for discovering the chemical structure of antibodies" 1980 Baruj Benacerraf (1920-2011), Jean Dausset (1916-2009) and George Davis Snell (1903-1996), "for discovery of the Major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self" 1984 Niels Jerne (1911-1994), Georges J. F. Köhler (1946-1995) and César Milstein (1927-2002), "for work on the immune system and the production of monoclonal antibodies" 1987 Susumu Tonegawa (1939–2026), "for discovering how the large diversity of antibodies is produced genetically" 1989 J. Michael Bishop (1936-2026) and Harold E. Varmus (1939-), "for discovering the cellular origins of retroviral oncogenes" 1996 Peter C. Doherty (1940-) and Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944-), "for describing how MHC molecules are used by white blood cells to detect and kill virus-infected cells." 2011 Bruce Beutler (1957-), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941-), "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" and Ralph Marvin Steinman (1943-2011)"for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity" 2018 James P. Allison (1948-) and Tasuku Honjo (1942-), "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation."

Notable immunologists Vital Brazil (1865–1950) Alan Aderem, innate immunity Akiko Iwasaki (1970-) Lorne Babiuk (1946-) Mike Belosevic (1951-) Kiril Bratanov (1911-1986), pioneer in the area of immunology of reproduction William Coley (1862-1936), pioneer of cancer immunotherapy Albert Coons (1912-1978), developed immunofluorescent techniques for labelling antibodies Max D. Cooper (1933-), identification of T and B cells Yehuda Danon (1940-) Deborah Doniach (1912-2004), organ-specific auto-immunity Eva Engvall (1940-), one of the scientists who invented ELISA in 1971. Anthony Fauci (1940-) Denise Faustman (1958-), Type 1 diabetes Daniela M. Ferreira, bacterial and respiratory infection William Frankland (1912-2020), popularisation of the UK pollen count, and prediction of increased penicillin allergy Ian Frazer (1953-), development of a cervical cancer vaccine Samuel O. Freedman (1928-), discovered Carcinoembryonic antigen Jules T. Freund (1890-1960) Sankar Ghosh John Grange (1943-2016) Waldemar Haffkine (1860-1930), first microbiologist who developed and used vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague. Michael Heidelberger (1888-1991), showed that antibodies are proteins George Heist (1886-1920) Leonard Herzenberg (1931-2013) Miroslav Holub (1923-1998) Charles Janeway (1943-2003), wrote the standard textbook Immunobiology Dermot Kelleher Tadamitsu Kishimoto (1939-) Jan Klein (1936-), Mhc Mary Loveless (1899-1991), insect venom allergy Tak Wah Mak (1946-), discovery of the T-cell receptor Alberto Mantovani Polly Matzinger (1947-), immunological tolerance, Danger Model, Hyppo Model Michelle McMurry-Heath, immunologist Ira Mellman Jacques Miller (1931-) Avrion Mitchison (1928-) Michael Neuberger (1953-2013) Evelyn Nicol (1930-2020) Alan Munro (1937-) Gustav Nossal (1931-) Santa J. Ono (1962-) Thomas Platts-Mills (1941-), discovered dust-mite allergen and alpha-gal allergy from tick bites Nicholas P. Restifo (1960-) Ivan Roitt (1927-) Jon van Rood (1926-2017), pioneer in the field of HLA and immunogenetics of transplantation, the founder of the international organ exchange organization Eurotransplant Mario Rosemblatt (1941-), who established that dendritic cells are responsible for imprinting the tissue-specific homing of T lymphocytes Fred Rosen (1930-2005), discovered the cause of X-linked hyper IgM syndrome Christopher E. Rudd (1963-), discovery of T-cell activation mechanisms via tyrosine kinases Shimon Sakaguchi (1948-), discovery of regulatory T cells Louis W. Sauer (1885-1980), perfected pertussis vaccine, developed diphtheria/p daertussis/tetanus vaccine Emil Skamene (1941-) Filip Swirski, professor, researcher and scientist, known for novel findings in Linking atherosclerosis with blood monocytosis (1974-) David Talmage (1919-2014), clonal selection theory James S. Tan (1927-2006) Reyes Tamez (1952-) Kevin J. Tracey (1957-) Jan Vilcek (1933-) Ellen Vitetta Alexander S. Wiener (1907-1976) Don Wiley (1944-2001), crystallography of HLA proteins Ian Wilson (biologist) Ernst Witebsky (1901-1969), isolation and partial characterization of A and B blood antigens Jian Zhou (1957-1999), with co-inventor Ian Frazer has priority for invention of Virus-like particle and HPV vaccine

Immunologists in popular culture Allison Cameron, character on the television series House M.D.

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