Alexander Rudensky

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Rudensky in 2013

Alexander Rudensky (born August 21, 1956) [1] [2] is an immunologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center known for his research on regulatory T cells and the transcription factor Foxp3. [3]

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Career

Rudensky received his Candidate of Sciences degree in 1986 from the Gabrichevsky Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, and completed his postdoctoral work at the Yale School of Medicine. [4] He is now the Chair of the Immunology Program and Director of the Ludwig Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering, as well as a professor at the Rockefeller University, Cornell University, Gerstner School of Graduate Studies, and Weill-Cornell Medical School. [5]

In a 2003 paper, Rudensky and colleagues showed that Foxp3 programs regulatory T cell development. [3] His lab continues to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying regulatory T cell activity, and the role these cells play in autoimmunity, tumor immunity, and immunity to infections. [6]

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References

  1. "Rudensky, Alexander". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. "JCI's Conversations with Giants in Medicine: Alexander Rudensky". Youtube. August 22, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Fontenot, Jason D.; Gavin, Marc A.; Rudensky, Alexander Y. (April 1, 2003). "Foxp3 programs the development and function of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells". Nature Immunology. 4 (4): 330–336. doi:10.1038/ni904. ISSN   1529-2908. PMID   12612578. S2CID   3343021.
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  5. King, Christopher. "The 2015 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates". Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  6. "The Alexander Rudensky Lab". Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  7. "Alexander Rudensky". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  8. "Newly Elected Members, April 2015" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  9. "William B. Coley Award". Cancer Research Institute. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  10. "Polyarthritis - Crafoordprize". www.crafoordprize.se. Archived from the original on April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2017.