Dan Littman

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Dan R. Littman
Alma mater Washington University in St. Louis
Princeton University
Known forWork on CD4 T lymphocytes
Awards William B. Coley Award (2016)
New York City Mayor's Prize for Excellence in Science and Technology
Invitrogen Meritorious Career Award of the American Association of Immunologists
Searle Scholar Award
Alexander Berg Prize in Microbiology and Immunology
Scientific career
Institutions New York University
University of California, San Francisco
Columbia University
Academic advisors Richard Axel
Notable students Deng Hongkui

Dan R. Littman is an American immunologist best known for his work on T lymphocytes. He is Professor of Molecular Immunology at New York University, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. [1] On October 15, 2012, he was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine. [2] He became a co-editor of the Annual Review of Immunology in 2013. [3]

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References

  1. "Member directory: Dan R. Littman". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  2. "IOM Elects 70 New Members, 10 Foreign Associates". Institute of Medicine. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. Paul, William E. (23 April 2012). "Preface". Annual Review of Immunology. 30 (1): annurev–iy–30-032612-100001. doi:10.1146/annurev-iy-30-032612-100001 . Retrieved 17 September 2021.