【公告】著名免疫学家Eli Sercarz 昨日在美国家中安静离世
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Sercarz, a native of New York, received his Ph.D. in Immunology at Harvard University in 1960 and had postdoctoral research fellowships at Harvard (1956-1960) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1962-1963). Dr. Sercarz also held various positions in the Department of Bacteriology (1963-1970), the Department of Microbiology (1970-1997) and the Department of Immunology (1992-1997) at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Dr. Sercarz has discovered that EAE, an MS-like disease in mice, is brought on by a specific group of immune cells, or T cells that drive the disease. By investigating these “driver” immune cells, Dr. Sercarz hopes to find the reason why these specific cells induce inflammation and have such a detrimental effect on the brain and spinal cord. He hopes to use these specific T cells to develop a vaccine that might stimulate the regulatory cells and treat humans with new vaccination strategies.
Positions and Honors
~undefined 1956-1960 Predoctoral fellow in Cellular Immunology, Harvard University, with Prof. A.H. Coons
~undefined 1960-1962 Postdoctoral fellow of the NIH, (Harvard University) with Dr. Luigi Gorini
~undefined 1962-1963 Postdoctoral fellow of the NIH, (MIT) with Dr. Salvador Luria
~undefined 1963-1967 Assistant Professor of Immunology, UCLA
~undefined 1967-1970 Associate Professor of Immunology, UCLA
~undefined 1970-1990 Professor I to VIII of Immunology, UCLA
~undefined 1990-1997 Professor, above-scale, UCLA
~undefined 1997-2002 Member & Head, Division of Immune Regulation,
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA
~undefined 2002-present Member & Head, Division of Immune Regulation,
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, CA
Honors and Awards
~undefined Guggenheim Fellow - National Institute for Medical Research, London (Mill Hill), 1970 - 1971
Laboratory of N.A. Mitchison
~undefined Guggenheim Fellow - Centre d' Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy in the lab of Dr. Pierre Golstein,
August 1977- July 1978
~undefined Exchange Appointee - National Academy of Sciences - (USA/USSR), Sept-Oct, 1983
~undefined Distinguished Immunologist Lectureships or Appointments
University of Pennsylvania, 198l - 1991
University of Texas-Galveston - 1985
University of Minnesota - 1986
MayoMedical School - 1987
University of Maryland - 1988
Chicago Association of Immunologists - 1991
University of Texas (Dallas) - 1992
Shanghai University - 1994
National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, Commission on Vaccine Priorities, 1994 - 1996
Washington University, St. Louis, 1996
University of Wisconsin, 1996
Burroughs-Welcome Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 1998
Sercarz, a native of New York, received his Ph.D. in Immunology at Harvard University in 1960 and had postdoctoral research fellowships at Harvard (1956-1960) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1962-1963). Dr. Sercarz also held various positions in the Department of Bacteriology (1963-1970), the Department of Microbiology (1970-1997) and the Department of Immunology (1992-1997) at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Dr. Sercarz has discovered that EAE, an MS-like disease in mice, is brought on by a specific group of immune cells, or T cells that drive the disease. By investigating these “driver” immune cells, Dr. Sercarz hopes to find the reason why these specific cells induce inflammation and have such a detrimental effect on the brain and spinal cord. He hopes to use these specific T cells to develop a vaccine that might stimulate the regulatory cells and treat humans with new vaccination strategies.
Positions and Honors
~undefined 1956-1960 Predoctoral fellow in Cellular Immunology, Harvard University, with Prof. A.H. Coons
~undefined 1960-1962 Postdoctoral fellow of the NIH, (Harvard University) with Dr. Luigi Gorini
~undefined 1962-1963 Postdoctoral fellow of the NIH, (MIT) with Dr. Salvador Luria
~undefined 1963-1967 Assistant Professor of Immunology, UCLA
~undefined 1967-1970 Associate Professor of Immunology, UCLA
~undefined 1970-1990 Professor I to VIII of Immunology, UCLA
~undefined 1990-1997 Professor, above-scale, UCLA
~undefined 1997-2002 Member & Head, Division of Immune Regulation,
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA
~undefined 2002-present Member & Head, Division of Immune Regulation,
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, CA
Honors and Awards
~undefined Guggenheim Fellow - National Institute for Medical Research, London (Mill Hill), 1970 - 1971
Laboratory of N.A. Mitchison
~undefined Guggenheim Fellow - Centre d' Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy in the lab of Dr. Pierre Golstein,
August 1977- July 1978
~undefined Exchange Appointee - National Academy of Sciences - (USA/USSR), Sept-Oct, 1983
~undefined Distinguished Immunologist Lectureships or Appointments
University of Pennsylvania, 198l - 1991
University of Texas-Galveston - 1985
University of Minnesota - 1986
MayoMedical School - 1987
University of Maryland - 1988
Chicago Association of Immunologists - 1991
University of Texas (Dallas) - 1992
Shanghai University - 1994
National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, Commission on Vaccine Priorities, 1994 - 1996
Washington University, St. Louis, 1996
University of Wisconsin, 1996
Burroughs-Welcome Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 1998
