Brigitte Askonas
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Brigitte A. Askonas, FRS
, is a British immunologist. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society and as of 2008 a visiting professor at Imperial College London
since 1995.
From 1976 to 1988 she was head of the division of Immunology of the British National Institute for Medical Research
. In 2007 she was made a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences
.
She has written several biographies of high profile scientists including Niels Kaj Jerne
, César Milstein
and John Herbert Humphrey
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
, is a British immunologist. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society and as of 2008 a visiting professor at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
since 1995.
From 1976 to 1988 she was head of the division of Immunology of the British National Institute for Medical Research
National Institute for Medical Research
The National Institute for Medical Research, commonly abbreviated to NIMR, is a medical research facility situated in Mill Hill, on the outskirts of London, England. It is mainly funded by the Medical Research Council, or MRC, and is its largest establishment and the only one designated as an...
. In 2007 she was made a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
.
She has written several biographies of high profile scientists including Niels Kaj Jerne
Niels Kaj Jerne
Niels Kaj Jerne, FRS was a Danish immunologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984. The citation read "For theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies"....
, César Milstein
César Milstein
César Milstein FRS was an Argentine biochemist in the field of antibody research. Milstein shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Niels K. Jerne and Georges Köhler.-Biography:...
and John Herbert Humphrey