The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 was divided, one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann “ for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity “ and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman “for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity “.
Bruce A. Beutler
Born: 1957, Chicago, IL, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity”.
For more info about Bruce A. Beutler: http://www.scripps.edu/genetics/beutler/
Born: 1957, Chicago, IL, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity”.
For more info about Bruce A. Beutler: http://www.scripps.edu/genetics/beutler/
Jules A. Hoffmann
Born: 1941, Echternach, Luxembourg
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity”.
For more info about Jules A. Hoffmann: http://www-ibmc.u-strasbg.fr/ridi/profil.php?equipe_id=10&lang=en
Born: 1941, Echternach, Luxembourg
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity”.
For more info about Jules A. Hoffmann: http://www-ibmc.u-strasbg.fr/ridi/profil.php?equipe_id=10&lang=en
Ralph M. Steinman
Born: 1943, Montreal, Canada
Died: 30 September 2011
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Prize motivation: “for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity”.
Born: 1943, Montreal, Canada
Died: 30 September 2011
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Prize motivation: “for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity”.
For more info about Ralph M. Steinman: http://www.rockefeller.edu/research/faculty/labheads/RalphSteinman/
Source: http://www.nobelprize.org