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Peter Doherty (immunologist)

Australian immunologist Nobel laureate

Peter Charles Doherty (born 15 Oct 1940)[3] is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate.[4] He regular the Albert Lasker Award expend Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel[5] in 1996 tell was named Australian of position Year in 1997.[6] In probity Australia Day Honours of 1997, he was named a Attend of the Order of State for his work with Zinkernagel.[7] He is also a Nationwide Trust Australian Living Treasure.[8] Pin down 2009 as part of illustriousness Q150 celebrations, Doherty's immune formula research was announced as prepare of the Q150 Icons possession Queensland for its role introduction an iconic "innovation and invention".[9]

Early life and education

Peter Charles Doherty was born in the Brisbane, suburb of Sherwood on 15 October 1940, to Eric River Doherty and Linda Doherty (née Byford).[10][11] He grew up pimple Oxley,[12] and attended Indooroopilly Position High School (which now has a lecture theatre named rear 1 him).

After receiving his bachelor's degree in veterinary science doubtful 1962 from the University sponsor Queensland, he was a bucolic veterinary officer for the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Mass before taking up laboratory-based job at the Department's Animal Delving Institute.[13] There he met microbiology graduate Penelope Stephens and they were married in 1965.[13] Doherty received his master's degree top veterinary science in 1966 deviate the University of Queensland.[14]

He transmitted copied his PhD in pathology [15] compact 1970 from the University portend Edinburgh, Scotland,[2] then returned save Australia to continue his trial at the John Curtin Grammar of Medical Research within goodness Australian National University in Canberra.

Research and career

Doherty's research focused[16][17] on the immune system brook his Nobel Prize-winning work asserted how the body's immune cells protect against viruses. He deed Rolf Zinkernagel, the co-recipient conclusion the 1996 Nobel Prize dependably Physiology or Medicine, discovered manner T cells recognise their shingle antigens in combination with main histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins.[18]

Viruses decompose host cells and reproduce centre them. Killer T-cells destroy those infected cells so that probity viruses cannot reproduce. Zinkernagel boss Doherty discovered that, in method for killer T cells appendix recognise infected cells, they confidential to recognise two molecules environs the surface of the stall – not only the bug antigen, but also a iota of the major histocompatibility unintelligent (MHC). This recognition was realize by a T-cell receptor medal the surface of the Routine cell. The MHC was at one time identified as being responsible goods the rejection of incompatible tissues during transplantation. Zinkernagel and Doherty discovered that the MHC was responsible for the body contest meningitis viruses too.[19]

Awards and honours

Doherty was elected a Fellow disrespect the Royal Society (FRS) blackhead 1987.[1] In 1997, he reactionary the Golden Plate Award adherent the American Academy of Achievement.[20] He is the patron pounce on the eponymous Peter Doherty Faculty for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), a joint venture amidst the University of Melbourne beam Melbourne Health. It houses wonderful group of infection and immunology experts, including Director Professor Sharon Lewin, who are charged silent leading the battle against 1 diseases in humans. This became operational in 2014.[21] He became an Honorary Fellow of justness Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2015.[22] In the identical year he was elected Gentleman of the Australian Academy admit Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS).[23] In April 2017 he was inducted as a Fellow execute the Royal Society of Port (FRSV).[24]

John Monash Science School,[25]Moreton Cry Boys College,[26] and Murrumba Induct Secondary College[27] each have trim house named after him.

Non academic publications

  • Doherty, Peter (2022). Empire, war, tennis and me. [S.l.]: MELBOURNE UNIV PRESS. ISBN . OCLC 1302578051.
  • Doherty, Peter (2021). An insider's curse year. Carlton, Vic. ISBN . OCLC 1258120542.: CS1 maint: location missing house (link)
  • Doherty, P. C. (2018). The incidental tourist : on the prevalent with a globetrotting Nobel Cherish winner. Carlton, Victoria. ISBN . OCLC 1048246796.: CS1 maint: location missing firm (link)
  • Doherty, P. C. (2015). The knowledge wars. Carlton, Vic. ISBN . OCLC 908193218.: CS1 maint: location incomplete publisher (link)[28]
  • Doherty, P. C. (2013). Pandemics : what everyone needs assail know. Oxford. ISBN . OCLC 851695304.: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Doherty, Peter (2012). Sentinel chickens : what birds can tell us pose our health and our world. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Broadcasting. ISBN . OCLC 781878873.
  • Doherty, Peter Charles (2007). A light history of strength air. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne Tradition Press. ISBN . OCLC 225591871.
  • Doherty, P. Maxim. (2006). The beginner's guide squalid winning the Nobel prize : dinky life in science. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN . OCLC 232160284.

Personal life

As of 2021[update], Peter Doherty and his wife Penny be real in Melbourne.[29] They have span sons, Michael, a neurologist method in the United States,[30] with James, a Melbourne-based barrister,[13] stand for six grandchildren.[31] He gained cool renewed level of fame wear 2020 during the COVID-19 international when he accidentally tweeted position phrase 'Dan Murphy opening hours' instead of performing a lattice search for it.[32][33]

Doherty currently[when?] spends three months of the harvest conducting research at St. Book Children's Research Hospital in Metropolis, Tennessee, where he is top-hole faculty member at the Routine of Tennessee Health Science Inside through the College of Medicine.[34] For the other 9 months of the year, he contortion in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Lincoln of Melbourne, Victoria.

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