Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Rolf M. Zinkernagel was born on 6 January 1944 in Berne. He currently works at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Zurich.

• 1962-1968 Faculty of Medicine, University of Belfast.
• 1968 National Board Examination, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel.
• 1970 Thesis of MD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel.
• 1975 PhD Thesis, Australian National University, Canberra.

• 1969-1970 Postdoctoral fellow, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Institute of Anatomy, University of Basel.
• 1971-1973 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne.
• 1973-1975 Visiting Professor, Department of Microbiology, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra.
• 1976-1979 Assistant Professor, Department of Immunopathology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California.
• 1977-1979 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, UCSD, USA.
• 1979 Professor, Department of Immunopathology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California.
• 1979-1988 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Zurich, University Hospital, Zurich.
• 1988-1992 Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Zurich, University Hospital, Zurich.
• 1992 Director of the Institute of Experimental Immunology, Zurich.

• 1981 Cloetta Stiftung, Zurich.
• 1982 Jung Stiftung, Hamburg
• 1983 Paul Ehrlich Prize, Frankfurt.
• 1985 Mack-Forster Prize, Europ Ass Clin Inv.
• 1986 Gairdner Foundation International Award, Toronto.
• 1987 Institute for Cancer Research, New York.
• 1988 Louis Jeantet Foundation, Genève.
• 1988 Naegeli Stiftung, Zurich
• 1992 Christoforo Colombo Prize, Gène.
• 1995 The Albert Lasker Medical Research Award.