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Fred Ramsdell, born Frederick Jay Ramsdell on December 4, 1960, in Elmhurst, is an American immunologist. He holds United States citizenship and speaks English. His academic background includes education at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Ramsdell has been employed by the United States National Institutes of Health and Novo Nordisk. He is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and the Crafoord Prize. His work in immunology has been recognized in the Nobel Laureates and Nobel Medicine collections.
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Key facts
- Born
- Frederick Jay Ramsdell , ( 1960-12-04 ) December 4, 1960 (age 65) , Elmhurst, Illinois , U.S.
- Education
- University of California, San Diego ( BS ), University of California, Los Angeles ( PhD )
- Awards
- Crafoord Prize (2017), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
- Institutions
- Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
- Thesis
- Generation of lymphokine-activated killer cells from non-natural killer cell sources: Development from human thymocytes (1988)
- Academic advisors
- Sidney Golub
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2025
“for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Elmhurst
- Occupation
- immunologist
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- immunology
- Image
- Fred Ramsdell - US Embassy Sweden Nobel Reception 2025.jpg
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- 1960-12-04
- birth name
- Frederick Jay Ramsdell
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederick Jay Ramsdell (born December 4, 1960) is an American immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate. As of 2025, he is an advisor at Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company co-founded by him.
In 2025, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Mary E. Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work in peripheral tolerance.
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