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Year of election: | 2004 |
Section: | Microbiology and Immunology |
City: | Zurich |
Country: | Switzerland |
His research focuses on the field of cellular and molecular immunology based on animal experiments: elucidation of molecular mechanisms of T-cell-mediated cytolysis, their biological role in bacterial and viral infections, autoimmunity- and tumor diseases; analysis, control and regulation of antiviral, neutralizing antibodies using transgenic mice; research on tolerance of B- and T-cells.