Gustav Nossal
Gustav Nossal · Science & Medicine
Immunologist known for research on antibody formation and immune tolerance.
1931, Bad Ischl, Austria
Austria · Australia
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Sir Gustav Nossal was born in Austria to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish extraction (his paternal line Jewish, though he was baptized Catholic); the family fled to Australia in 1939 after the Nazi annexation of Austria. A distinguished immunologist, he made influential contributions to the understanding of antibody formation and immunological tolerance and led Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for two decades. He was knighted and made a Companion of the Order of Australia.
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Immunologist known for research on antibody formation and immune tolerance.
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