John Kappler | |
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Known for | discovery of T cell receptor |
Awards | Wolf Prize in Medicine, 2015 |
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Website | KM lab website |
John Wayne Kappler (born December 22, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland) is a professor in the Department of Integrated Immunology at National Jewish Health.[2] His principal research is in T cell biology, a subject he collaborates on with his wife Philippa Marrack.[3] In 1983 they discovered the T cell receptor, together with Ellis Reinherz and James Allison.