Alain Townsend
Alain Townsend | |
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| Website | https:// rdm.ox.ac.uk/people/alain-townsend |
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| Fields | Immunology |
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| Thesis | Recognition by influenza virus specific cytotoxic T cell clones |
| Doctoral advisor | Brigitte Askonas |
Alain TownsendFRSFRCPis a Professor of Medicine in the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine atOxford University.[1]His laboratory studiesvirology,mainlyinfluenza,but more recentlyebola.
After graduating fromSt Mary's Hospital, London,he went to theNational Institute for Medical Researchto studyimmunology.[2]He received his PhD in 1984, supervised by Brigitte Askonas.[3]
Awards[edit]
- 1989William B. Coley Award[4]
- 1992Fellow of the Royal Society[5]
- 1992Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine(1992)[6]
- 2000Gairdner Foundation International Award
References[edit]
- ^"Prof Alain R Townsend FRS FRCP - Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford".
- ^"Gairdner Foundation - Alain R.M. Townsend".
- ^Unanue, Emil R (15 February 2013)."Brigitte Askonas 1923–2013".Nature Immunology.14(3): 191.Bibcode:2013Natur.494...37O.doi:10.1038/ni.2553.
- ^"William B. Coley Award".Cancer Research Institute.Retrieved12 February2018.
- ^"Alain Townsend - Biography".royal Society.Retrieved14 January2017.
- ^Louis-Jeantet Prize
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