Baruj Benacerraf

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Venezuelan-American immunologist

ScientistsLived 1920 to 2011 · aged 90

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Fame55.3

Momentum1.7

Languages32

Peak1980s

In century#19,974

" His colleagues and shared recipients were Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell.

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Awards 8

1995honorary doctor of the University of Vienna

1992honorary doctor of Harvard University

1991honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II

1990National Medal of Science

1985honorary doctorate from Columbia University

1982honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II

1980Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

In their orbit 2

ChildBeryl Benacerraf

SiblingPaul Benacerraf

Connected to Baruj 6

Peter AgreAlso won honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II

Alexander VandegriftAlso won honorary doctorate from Columbia University

Kai SiegbahnAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II

Israel GelfandAlso won honorary doctor of Harvard University

Jaroslav HeyrovskýAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Vienna

Ornette ColemanAlso won honorary doctorate from Columbia University

About this person

Baruj Benacerraf Lasry was a Venezuelan and American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self." His colleagues and shared recipients were Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell.