Rolf Zinkernagel

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Nobel laureate human immunologist university teacher

Rolf Zinkernagel is a Swiss immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.

Aliases (1)

Rolf Martin Zinkernagel ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → human → immunologist → university teacher →
awardReceived	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research → Emil von Behring Prize → Gairdner Foundation International Award → Körber European Science Prize → Marshak Lectureship → Max Delbrück Medal → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine → Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize → Robert Koch Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	Switzerland →
dateOfBirth	1944-01-06 →
doctoralThesisTopic	immunological tolerance and transplantation →
educatedAt	University of Basel →
employer	University of Zurich →
familyName	Zinkernagel →
fieldOfWork	cellular immunology → immunology → virology →
givenName	Rolf →
hasAcademicAdvisor	Fritz Melchers →
knownFor	discovery of MHC restriction of T cells → discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	Academia Europaea → Australian Academy of Science → German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina → Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences → Swiss Academy of Sciences → U.S. National Academy of Sciences →
name	Rolf Martin Zinkernagel →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine →
NobelPrizeSharedWith	Peter C. Doherty →
NobelPrizeYear	1996 →
notableStudent	Peter C. Doherty →
occupation	medical researcher → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Riehen →
positionHeld	professor of experimental immunology at the University of Zurich →
researchInterest	T cell recognition → major histocompatibility complex → viral infections →
sexOrGender	male →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
University of Zurich →	hasNotableAlumnus
Rolf Zinkernagel ("Rolf Martin Zinkernagel") →	name