PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: immunology
German medical scientist
Paul Ehrlich was a German medical scientist known for his pioneering work in hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy and for his discovery of the first effective treatment for syphilis. He received the...
American immunologist
Bruce A. Beutler is an American immunologist and corecipient, with French immunologist Jules A. Hoffmann and Canadian immunologist and cell biologist Ralph M. Steinman, of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology...
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Ralph M. Steinman was a Canadian immunologist and cell biologist who shared the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (with American immunologist Bruce A. Beutler and French immunologist Jules A....
French immunologist
Jules Hoffmann is a French immunologist and corecipient, with American immunologist Bruce A. Beutler and Canadian immunologist and cell biologist Ralph M. Steinman, of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology...
Austrian immunologist and pathologist
Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian American immunologist and pathologist who received the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the major blood groups and the development of the...
British zoologist
Sir Peter B. Medawar was a Brazilian-born British zoologist who received, with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1960 for developing and proving the theory of acquired...
Japanese biologist
Tonegawa Susumu is a Japanese molecular biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for his discovery of the genetic mechanisms underlying the great diversity of antibodies...
German immunologist
Georges J.F. Köhler was a German immunologist who in 1984, with César Milstein and Niels K. Jerne, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work in developing a technique for producing...
American immunologist
Baruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-born American pathologist and immunologist who shared (with George Snell and Jean Dausset) the 1980 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of genes that...
Swiss scientist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel is a Swiss immunologist and pathologist who, along with Peter C. Doherty of Australia, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for their discovery of how the immune...
Danish immunologist
Niels K. Jerne was a Danish immunologist who shared the 1984 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with César Milstein and Georges Köhler for his theoretical contributions to the understanding of the...
Australian physician
Sir Macfarlane Burnet was an Australian physician, immunologist, and virologist who, with Sir Peter Medawar, was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of acquired immunological...
Scottish-born Australian immunologist
Ian Frazer is a Scottish-born Australian immunologist, whose research led to the development of a vaccine against the strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause most cervical cancers. In 1977 Frazer...
French hematologist and immunologist
Jean Dausset was a French hematologist and immunologist whose studies of the genetic basis of the immunological reaction earned him a share (with George Snell and Baruj Benacerraf) of the 1980 Nobel Prize...
Australian scientist
Peter C. Doherty is an Australian immunologist and pathologist who, with Rolf Zinkernagel of Switzerland, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for their discovery of how the body’s...
Czech poet, pathologist and immunologist
Miroslav Holub was a Czech poet noted for his detached, lyrical reflections on humanist and scientific subjects. A clinical pathologist and immunologist by profession, Holub received his M.D. from the...
Argentine immunologist
César Milstein was an Argentine-British immunologist who in 1984, with Georges Köhler and Niels K. Jerne, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work in the development of monoclonal...
Belgian bacteriologist
Jules Bordet was a Belgian physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1919 for his discovery of factors in blood serum that destroy bacteria;...
British bacteriologist and immunologist
Sir Almroth Edward Wright was a British bacteriologist and immunologist best known for advancing vaccination through the use of autogenous vaccines (prepared from the bacteria harboured by the patient)...
American immunologist
Reuben Leon Kahn was an American immunologist best known for his investigations of blood reactions, which led him to develop an efficient test for syphilis. While serving with the U.S. Army (1917–19) and...
German bacteriologist
Emil von Behring was a German bacteriologist who was one of the founders of immunology. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on serum therapy, particularly...
German bacteriologist
Hans Buchner was a German bacteriologist who in the course of extensive immunological studies (1886–90) discovered a naturally occurring substance in the blood—now known as complement—that is capable of...
British biologist
George Henry Falkiner Nuttall was an American-born British biologist and physician who contributed substantially to many branches of biology and founded the Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology...
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