Sebastian Amigorena | |
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Born | 1960
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Academic background | |
Thesis | FcR expression in B lymphocytes (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Wolf H. Fridman |
Other advisors | Ira Mellman |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Immunologist |
Institutions | Institut Curie |
Notable students | Ana Rodriguez (postdoc '97–'99) [1] |
Sebastian Amigorena is an Argentine immunologist and a Team Leader at the Institut Curie. [2]
Sebastian Amigorena was born in 1960 in Buenos Aires. [3] He studied biochemistry at Paris Diderot University, earning his Ph.D. in 1990 under the supervision of Wolf H. Fridman, with a thesis titled "FcR expression in B lymphocytes". [4] He then went on to a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Ira Mellman at Yale Medical School. [3] In 1995, he joined the faculty of the Institut Curie as a team leader, and is now director of the laboratory of Immunity and Cancer. [3] He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 2005. [3] [5]
Amigorena's research focuses on antigen presentation by dendritic cells. [3] In particular, Amigorena's research group has studied the processes by which dendritic cells take up, process, and display antigens to T cells, as well as how this process is regulated by regulatory T cells. [3] [6]
Sebastian Amigorena | |
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Born | 1960
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Nationality |
|
Academic background | |
Thesis | FcR expression in B lymphocytes (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Wolf H. Fridman |
Other advisors | Ira Mellman |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Immunologist |
Institutions | Institut Curie |
Notable students | Ana Rodriguez (postdoc '97–'99) [1] |
Sebastian Amigorena is an Argentine immunologist and a Team Leader at the Institut Curie. [2]
Sebastian Amigorena was born in 1960 in Buenos Aires. [3] He studied biochemistry at Paris Diderot University, earning his Ph.D. in 1990 under the supervision of Wolf H. Fridman, with a thesis titled "FcR expression in B lymphocytes". [4] He then went on to a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Ira Mellman at Yale Medical School. [3] In 1995, he joined the faculty of the Institut Curie as a team leader, and is now director of the laboratory of Immunity and Cancer. [3] He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 2005. [3] [5]
Amigorena's research focuses on antigen presentation by dendritic cells. [3] In particular, Amigorena's research group has studied the processes by which dendritic cells take up, process, and display antigens to T cells, as well as how this process is regulated by regulatory T cells. [3] [6]