Alexander Y. Rudensky
Alexander Y. Rudensky (born August 21, 1956 in the Soviet Union ) is a Russian - American immunologist at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City .
Live and act
Rudensky acquired at the 2nd Moscow State Medical Institute "NI Pogorow" (now Russian State Medical University ) in Moscow a Master in Biochemistry and 1986 on Gabrischewski Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology (also in Moscow) a Ph.D. in immunology . From 1990 to 1992 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Charles A. Janeway, Jr. at Yale University . In 1992 Rudensky received a professorship in immunology at the University of Washington in Seattle . Since 2008 he has been at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City .
Today (as of 2015) Rudensky is head of the department for immunology at the Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy , combined with a joint professorship at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , Rockefeller University and Cornell University . He is also professor at the Sloan Kettering Graduate School and the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University . Rudensky has been researching for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1993 .
Rudensky was able to contribute significantly to the elucidation of the function of the regulatory T cells and the transcription factor FOXP3 .
Thomson Reuters has been one of the favorites for a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine since 2015 .
Awards (selection)
- 2012 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2015 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2015 William B. Coley Award
- 2017 Crafoord Prize
- 2018 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
Web links
- Alexander Rudensky Lab at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (mskcc.org)
- Alexander Y. Rudensky, PhD at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (hhmi.org)
- Alexander Y. Rudensky at the Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy (ludwigcancerresearch.org)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcing the 2015 Citation Laureates , at Thomson Reuters; accessed on September 24, 2015.
- ↑ Alexander Rudensky. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved September 24, 2015 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter R. (PDF; 508 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved April 24, 2020 (English).
- ^ Cancer Research Institute to Honor Outstanding Contributions to Basic and Tumor Immunology Research. In: cancerresearch.org. August 10, 2015, accessed September 24, 2015 .
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SURNAME | Rudensky, Alexander Y. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudensky, Alexander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-American immunologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Soviet Union |