Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Rolf Zinkernagel
Born	Rolf Martin Zinkernagel (1944-01-06) January 6, 1944 (age 73) Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Fields	Immunology
Institutions	University of Zurich
Alma mater	Australian National University (PhD) University of Basel (MD)
Thesis	The role of the H-2 gene complex in cell-mediated immunity to viral and bacterial infections in mice (1975)
Known for	Cytotoxic T cells
Notable awards	Ernst Jung Prize (1982) Mack-Forster Prize (1985) Gairdner Foundation International Award (1986) Christoforo Colombo Award (1992) Albert Lasker Medical Research Award (1995) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1996) ForMemRS (1998) AC FAA
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Website www.immunology.uzh.ch/aboutus/emeriti/zinkernagel.html

Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC, FAA (born January 6, 1944 in Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland) is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.

Zinkernagel received his MD degree from the University of Basel in 1970 and his PhD from the Australian National University in 1975.

Zinkernagel is a member of the Cancer Research Institute Scientific Advisory Council, The National Academy of Sciences, and The Academy of Cancer Immunology. Zinkernagel was elected as a Corresponding Fellow to the Australian Academy of Science also in 1996.

Together with the Australian Peter C. Doherty he received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells. With this he became the 24th Swiss Nobel laureate. In 1999 he was awarded an honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), Australia's highest civilian honour, for his scientific work with Doherty.

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