John Kappler
John W. Kappler (born 22 December, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland) is a professor in the Department of Integrated Immunology at National Jewish Health.[1] His principal research is in T cell biology, a subject he collaborates on with his wife Philippa Marrack.[2] In 1983 they discovered the T cell receptor, together with Ellis Reinherz and James Allison.
Awards
- 1986 - Appointed Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 1989 - Elected member, National Academy of Sciences
- 1993 - Cancer Research Institute William B. Coley Award
- 1994 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry (Columbia University)
- 2015 - Wolf Prize in Medicine
References
- ↑ "John Kappler, PhD". Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ↑ Rennie, J. (1992) Profile: Philippa Marrack and John Kappler – Keeping It In the Family, Scientific American 267(2), 43-44.
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