John Kappler

American immunologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1943 · age 82

John Wayne Kappler is a professor in the Department of Integrated Immunology at National Jewish Health. His principal research is in T cell biology, a subject he collaborates on with his wife Philippa Marrack. In 1983 they discovered the T cell receptor, together with Ellis Reinherz and James Allison.

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2019Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2016Novartis Prize for Basic ImmunologyAward2015Wolf Prize in MedicineAward1994Louisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAward1993Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter PrizeAwardWilliam B. Coley AwardAward1943Born22 December 1943

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