Jacques Miller
Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller (* 2. April 1931 in Nice ) is a Australian scientists French origin, as the discoverer of T cell - Immunology applies.
Life
Miller grew up in France, Switzerland and China . After the beginning of World War II , his family moved to Sydney . Miller graduated from the University of Sydney, then received his PhD from the Chester Beatty Research Institute in London . In the early 1960s he deciphered the role of the thymus in the development of immune tolerance towards one's own body. In Australia he discovered that removing the thymus shortly after birth prevented the development of the lymphatic defense system. He returned to Australia in 1966 as a research group leader at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Melbourne , where he a. a. discovered that lymphocytes into T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes can be divided, and that the former the latter in the production of antibodies to "help" ( helper T cells ). His work has laid the foundations for an understanding of the immune system and its involvement in the defense against infections and tumors, and in transplant rejection.
Miller has been retired since 1996, but still works as an honorary professor at WEHI.
Awards (selection)
- 1966 Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1982 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2001 Copley Medal
- 2003 Prime Minister's Prize for Science
- 2003 Companion of the Order of Australia
- 2019 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- Honorary membership of the German Society for Immunology .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jacques Miller in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Kern : Seeing - Thinking - Acting of a surgeon in the 20th century. ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 2000, ISBN 3-609-20149-5 , p. 313.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Miller, Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miller, Jacques Francis Albert Pierre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian immunologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nice |