Gerald Edelman | |
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Gerald M. Edelman in 2010. | |
Born | Gerald Maurice Edelman 1 Julie 1929 Ozone Park, Queens, New York |
Dee'd | 17 Mey 2014 La Jolla, Californie | (aged 84)
Naitionality | American |
Alma mater | Ursinus College, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Rockefeller University |
Kent for | immune system |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Maxine M. Morrison (m. 1950; 3 children) |
Awairds | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1972 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Immunology; neuroscience |
Gerald Maurice Edelman (1 Julie 1929 – 17 Mey 2014) wis an American biologist. He sharit the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine wi Rodney Robert Porter. Thay won the awaird for thair wirk on the immune system. Edelman's Nobel Prize-winnin research concernit discovery o the structur of antibody molecules.