Awards & Winners

Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Date of Birth 06-January-1944
Place of Birth Riehen
(Switzerland, Basel-Stadt)
Nationality Switzerland
Also know as Rolf Martin Zinkernagel
Profession Professor, Immunologist, Researcher
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC, FAA is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.

Awards by Rolf M. Zinkernagel

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1996


Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence)

1995


Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(For the landmark discovery of MHC restriction of T-cell recognition, and the altered-self hypothesis.)

1986


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(For extending our understanding of the interaction of T lymphocytes with cells bearing foreign antigens.)