Ralph M. Steinman | |
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Born | Ralph Marvin Steinman January 14, 1943 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Died | September 30, 2011[2] Manhattan, New York, U.S. | (aged 68)
Alma mater | McGill University (B.S., 1963) Harvard University (M.D., 1968) |
Known for | Discovery of dendritic cells and their role in adaptive immunity |
Spouse | Claudia Hoeffel (3 children)[3] |
Awards | Robert Koch Prize (1999) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2003) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2011) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Immunology Cell Biology |
Institutions | Rockefeller University in New York City |
Academic advisors | Elizabeth Hay (Harvard) James G. Hirsch and Zanvil A. Cohn (Rockefeller University)[1] |
Ralph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011)[2] was a Canadian physician and medical researcher at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 discovered and named dendritic cells while working as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Zanvil A. Cohn, also at Rockefeller University.[4][5] Steinman was one of the recipients of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
While at Harvard, he spent a year as a research fellow in the laboratory of Elizabeth Hay ... He joined The Rockefeller University in 1970 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology headed by physician-scientists Zanvil A. Cohn and James G. Hirsch