Hans Hengartner
Hans Hengartner (born February 26, 1944 in Waldkirch , Canton St. Gallen ) is a Swiss immunologist . He is a professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich and in the Department of Biology at ETH Zurich .
Life
Hengartner studied biochemistry at the ETH Zurich and did his doctorate at the Institute for Molecular Biology. He then did research at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England. From 1975 to 1980 he worked as a scientist at the Basel Institute for Immunology . He later headed the Institute for Experimental Immunology at the University Hospital Zurich together with Rolf Zinkernagel (Nobel Prize 1996) and also received a professorship at the ETH. From 2000 to 2005 he was Head of the Department of Biology at ETH Zurich. In 2004 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 2008 he gave his farewell lecture .
Among other things, he researched the development of autoimmune diseases and perforin as a weapon used by T lymphocytes against virus-infected cells.
Awards
- 1988 Cloëtta Prize
- 1997 Ernst Jung Prize
- 1998 Otto Naegeli Prize
Web links
- CV on the website of the University Hospital Zurich
- Portrait at the ETH on the occasion of his farewell lecture
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| SURNAME | Hengartner, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss immunologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldkirch , Canton of St. Gallen |