Antonio Lanzavecchia

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1951 –

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Who is Antonio Lanzavecchia?

Antonio Lanzavecchia is an Italian immunologist. He was born in Varese, Italy. In 1976 he obtained his degree with honors in Medicine at the University of Pavia where he specialized in Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases. From 1983 to 1999 he was a member of the Basel Institute for Immunology and in 1999 became director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona, Switzerland. He has been Professor of Immunology at the University of Genoa and at the University of Siena. Dr. Lanzavecchia’s research has covered several aspects of human immunology: antigen processing and presentation, dendritic cell biology, lymphocyte activation and traffic and, more recently, the cellular basis of T and B cell memory and the production of human monoclonal antibodies. He awarded the EMBO medal in 1988, the Cloëtta prize in 1999 and he has been nominated Cavaliere della Repubblica in 2001.

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Born
Oct 9, 1951
Nationality
  • Italy
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Education
  • University of Pavia

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on July 23, 2013

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