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2006 Kyoto Prize Laureates
Advanced Technology Category
Prize Field: Biotechnology and Medical Technology
Dr. Leonard Arthur Herzenberg
Immunologist and Geneticist
Affiliation: Stanford University
Title: Professor
Date of Birth: November 5, 1931
Nationality: U.S.A.
Background: Born in New York, USA. Attained an A.B. in biology and chemistry from Brooklyn College (1952) and a Ph.D. in biochemistry/immunology from California Institute of Technology (1955). Appointed as Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, in 1959. Selected honors and awards include: Member, National Academy of Sciences, elected in 1982; Lifetime Service Award, American Association of Immunologists, 1998; the Edwin F. Ullman Award, American Association of Clinical Chemistry, 2002; Novartis Immunology Prize, 2004; and Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology, American Society for Microbiology, 2005.
| Brief Biography: |
| 1931 |
Born in Brooklyn, New York |
| 1952 |
Brooklyn College, B.A. (Biology and Chemistry) |
| 1955 |
California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. (Biochemistry and Immunology) |
| 1955-1957 |
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Pasteur Institute |
| 1957-1959 |
Officer, U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health |
| 1959-1964 |
Assistant Professor of Genetics, School of Medicine, Stanford University |
| 1964-1969 |
Associate Professor of Genetics, School of Medicine, Stanford University |
| 1969-present |
Professor of Genetics, School of Medicine, Stanford University |
| Selected Awards and Honors: |
| 1998 |
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists |
| 2002 |
Edwin F. Ullman Award, American Association of Clinical Chemistry |
| 2004 |
Novartis Immunology Prize, International Union of Immunological Societies |
| 2005 |
Abbott Laboratory Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology, American Society for Microbiology |
| Member: |
National Academy of Sciences; American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Selected Publications: |
| 1969 |
Cell Sorting: Automated Separation of Mammalian Cells as a Function of Intracellular Fluorescence, Science 166: 747-749 (Hulett, H. R., Bonner, W. A., Barrett, J. and Herzenberg, L. A.). |
| 1972 |
Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting, Review of Scientific Instruments 43: 404-409 (Bonner, W. A., Hulett, H. R., Sweet, R. G. and Herzenberg, L. A.). |
| 1976 |
Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting, Scientific American 234: 108-17 (with Sweet, R. G.). |
| 1979 |
Fetal Cells in the Blood of Pregnant Women: Detection And Enrichment By Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 76: 1453-1455 (with Bianchi, D. W., Schroder, J., Cann, H. M. and Iverson, G. M.). |
| 1981 |
Evolutionary Conservation of Surface Molecules That Distinguish T Lymphocyte Helper/Inducer and Cytotoxic/Suppressor Subpopulations in Mouse and Man, Journal of Experimental Medicine 153: 310-323 (Ledbetter, J. A., Evans, R. L., Lipinski, M., Cunningham-Rundles, C., Good, R. A. and Herzenberg, L. A.). |
| 2004 |
Genetics, FACS, Immunology, and Redox: A Tale of Two Lives Intertwined, Annual Review of Immunology 22: 1-31 (with Herzenberg, L. A.). |
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