Michael Sela
Michael Sela (actually Mieczyslaw Solomonowicz; born March 2, 1924 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki ) is an Israeli biochemist and immunologist.
Life
Sela studied at the Weizmann Institute , where he also received his doctorate with Ephraim Katchalski . As a post-doctoral student, he worked with Christian B. Anfinsen in his laboratory at the National Institutes of Health . In 1957 he was back at the Weizmann Institute, where he turned to immunology and became a professor of immunology. 1963 to 1975 he was head of the Department of Immunology. 1970/71 he was Vice President and 1975 to 1985 President of the Weizmann Institute and 1970 to 1973 Dean of the Faculty of Biology. He is currently the W. Garfield Weston Professor of Immunology there.
He is known for research on the immune system with synthetic antigens, which among other things led to a better understanding of the genetic control of the immune system and approaches to the development of drugs with artificial antigens. He is researching the treatment of EAE with artificial antigens that resemble molecules of the myelin layer.
Prizes and awards
In 1959 he received the Israel Prize and the Rothschild Prize in 1967 and the Otto Warburg Medal in 1968 . In 1972 he received the Emil Behring Prize, in 1980 the Gairdner Foundation International Award , the Prize of the French Institut de la Vie, in 1997 the InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize and in 1995 the Albert Einstein Gold Medal from UNESCO . He is an officer of the Legion of Honor and holder of the Great Cross of Merit (Neck Cross ) of the Federal Cross of Merit . He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences , the National Academy of Sciences , the American Philosophical Society (1995), the Russian Academy of Sciences , since 1971 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and since 1989 the Leopoldina and the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 1996 he received the Harnack Medal of the Max Planck Society , which is awarded for special services to society. In 1998 he received the Wolf Prize in Medicine with Ruth Arnon .
Publications
- Peter Frieß, Andreas Fickers (eds.): Heinz A. Staab and Michael Sela talk about the scientific cooperation between Israel and Germany as a basis for international understanding (= TechnikDialog , issue 4), Deutsches Museum , Bonn 1995, OCLC 3924183937 (the ISBN 3-924183-93-7 was awarded twice).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member History: Michael Sela. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Member entry by Michael Sela (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 22, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sela, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli immunologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tomaszów Mazowiecki |