Niels K. Jerne

Niels K. Jerne, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1911-12-23 in London, United Kingdom

Gender: male

Field: Danish immunologist (1911–1994)

Biography

Niels Kaj Jerne, FRS was a Danish immunologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Georges J. F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies".

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984

Awarded on: 1984-10-15

"for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies"

Affiliations:

  • Basel Institute for ImmunologyBasel, Switzerland