Alexander Y. Rudensky

Alexander Y. Rudensky, 2013

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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Rudensky, Alexander Y.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rudensky, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian-American immunologist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 21, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Soviet Union

[1] Announcing the 2015 Citation Laureates , at Thomson Reuters; accessed on September 24, 2015.

[2] Alexander Rudensky. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved September 24, 2015 .

[3] Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter R. (PDF; 508 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved April 24, 2020 (English).

[4] Cancer Research Institute to Honor Outstanding Contributions to Basic and Tumor Immunology Research. In: cancerresearch.org. August 10, 2015, accessed September 24, 2015 .