Theodor Brunner (physician, 1918)

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Theodor Karl Brunner (born January 6, 1918 in Zurich ; resident in Wald ZH ) is a Swiss immunologist .

Life

Family and education

The reformed baptized, was born in Zurich Theodor Brunner, son of the secondary teacher Adolf Brunner and its from Dörflingen originating wife Frieda born beaver, turned to the receipt of federal Matura studying veterinary medicine at the University of Zurich to he 1945 with the promotion of Dr. med. vet. completed.

Theodor Brunner married Ursula, who was born in Winterthur and was the daughter of the teacher Ernst Briner.

Professional background

After completing his studies, Brunner took up an assistant position at the Chemical Institute of the University of Basel , and in 1947 he went on a research visit to California . After returning to Switzerland in 1949, he got a job at the Bacteriological Institute of the Canton of St. Gallen, which he held until 1953. After subsequent research stays in Minnesota until 1956 and in New York until 1959, Brunner was made head of the virus department of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich.In 1963 he moved to the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) in Lausanne , where he became its head the Department of Immunology, he resigned in 1983.

Theodor Brunner completed his habilitation in virology at the University of Zurich in 1962, in 1963 he received a private lectureship in bacteriology and virology, in the summer semester of 1967 he was re- qualified at the University of Lausanne , and in 1968 he was appointed associate professor for microbiology. Theodor Brunner was the author of numerous studies on the body's own cellular defense mechanisms, including cytotoxic T lymphocytes , transplant and tumor immunity. In recognition of his services to his field, he was awarded the Marcel Benoist Prize in 1976.

Publications

  • Damage to anaerobic and aerobic oxidation in bacteria. Dissertation , University of Zurich, Kommerzdruck und Verlags AG, Zurich, 1945
  • Formation of anti-endotoxin after injection of influenza virus in rabbits. Habilitation thesis , Medical Faculty University of Zurich, 1962, Buchdruckerei K. Schippert, Zurich, 1963
  • together with Jean-Etienne Ryser, Jean-Charles Cerottini: Cell-mediated immunity to antigens associated with murine sarcoma virus-induced tumors: augmentation of cytolytic T lymphocyte activity by successive specific and nonspecific stimulation in vitro. in: European Journal of Immunology, Volume 9, Issue 3, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1979, pp 179-184.
  • together with Gérard Degiovanni, Jean-Charles Cerottini: Generation of cytolytic T lymphocytes in vitro. O XI. Accessory cell requirement in secondary responses to particulate alloantigen. in: European Journal of Immunology, Volume 10, Issue 1, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1980, pp. 40-45.

literature

  • Annual report University of Zurich 1966/67. Orell, Füssli, Zurich, 1967, p. 24.
  • Westermann's monthly books. Georg Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig, 1968, p. 128.
  • Richard Thomas Smith: Proceedings, Volume 4. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 1969, p. 243.
  • Martin Stuber, Sabine Kraut: The Marcel Benoist Prize 1920 - 1995: the history of the Swiss Federal Science Prize. Benteli, Bern, 1995, ISBN 3-7165-0953-1 , p. 210.
  • Edward J. Moticka: A Historical Perspective on Evidence-Based Immunology. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, p. 356.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Brassel: The lecturers of the University of Zurich. Summer semester 1933 to winter semester 1982/83. In: The University of Zurich 1933–1983: Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the University of Zurich. University of Zurich, Zurich 1983, pp. 665–748, here p. 698 ( online ; PDF; 16.5 MB).
personal data
SURNAME Brunner, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunner Theodor Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss immunologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich