Rolf M. Zinkernagel Summary

Rolf M. Zinkernagel, a Swiss microbiologist who won the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for research concerning structures on the surface of the cell that alert the immune system to the presence... Read more

Rolf M. Zinkernagel, a Swiss microbiologist, was born in Basel, Switzerland on January 6, 1944. Zinkernagel attended medical school in 1962 at the University of Basel and graduated in 1968. From 1969 ... Read more

Zinkernagel was born on January 6, 1944, in Basel, Switzerland. In 1962, he attended the University of Basel, deciding to study medicine rather than chemistry--his other great interest--because the fo... Read more