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Fred Ramsdell is an American immunologist born Frederick Jay Ramsdell on December 4, 1960, in Elmhurst. He holds United States citizenship and speaks English. Ramsdell received his education at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of California, Los Angeles. His professional career includes positions at the United States National Institutes of Health and Novo Nordisk.
Ramsdell is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and the Crafoord Prize. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Medicine collection.
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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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- date of birth
- 1960-12-04
- birth name
- Frederick Jay Ramsdell
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- Fred 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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