Jean Dausset#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 939 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cephb.fr/en/presentation_jean_dausset.php |
Jean Dausset passed away June 6, 2009.
Positions Held
- 1984 Founder of the Human Polymorphism Study Center (CEPH; later renamed the Foundation Jean Dausset–CEPH)
- 1977-1987 Professor of experimental medicine at the Collège de France
- 1958-1977 Research at the University of Paris
Fields of Scholarship
- Immunology
- Hematology
Honours and Awards
- 1980 Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine (together with Baruj Benacerraf and George D. Snell) "for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions"
- 1978 Wolf Foundation Prize (Israel)
- 1978 Koch Foundation Prize (Germany)
- 1977 Gairdner Foundation Prize (Canada)
- 1970 Stratton Lecture Award (U.S.A.)
- 1970 Landsteiner Award AABB, San Francisco (U.S.A.)
- 1969 Prix Cognac-Jay (Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France)
- 1968 Grand Prix Scientifique de la Ville de Paris
- 1967 Médaille d'Argent du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- 1967 Grand Prix des Sciences Chimiques et Naturelles (Académie des Sciences)
