Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Awards

1. 1986

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For extending our understanding of the interaction of T lymphocytes with cells bearing foreign antigens.

2. 1995

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the discovery of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) restriction of T-cell recognition.

3. 1996

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence