Basel Institute for Immunology

The Basel Institute for Immunology (BII, also Institut für Immunologie Basel ) was one of the most important centers for research in the field of immunology .

In 1969 the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche decided to start a new kind of research project. The institute was opened in 1971 under the direction of Niels K. Jerne . Roche donated $ 24 million annually without any special conditions. Over 500 scientists conducted research at the institute, 27 of which received important awards (including 3 Nobel Prizes for Georges Köhler , Niels Kaj Jerne and Susumu Tonegawa ).

In 2000 the institute was dissolved and replaced by a center for medical genomics .

Web links

• Page of former employees ( memento from November 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '45.8 "  N , 7 ° 37' 34.1"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred fourteen thousand one hundred thirteen  /  268 018