Antonio Lanzavecchia wins Ernst Jung Medal for Medicine
Antonio Lanzavecchia, emeritus and former member of the Institute of Microbiology of the D-BIOL, is given the award for his life's work on innate and acquired immunity. The Ernst Jung Symposium and award ceremony will be held virtually on 20 May 2021.
Prof. Antonio Lanzavecchia, M.D., is considered one of the most influential and widely cited immunologists in Europe and worldwide. From 2009 to 2017 he was a full professor at the D-BIOL's Institute of Microbiology. He is currently based at the National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM), Milan, Italy.
In his scientific career, Antonio continues to work on a wide range of core topics on innate and acquired immunity. For his life's work, which has contributed significantly to medical progress and continues to do so, he will receive the Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine from the Jung Foundation. This is accompanied by a scholarship of 30,000 euros, which he can award to a young scientist of his choice.
The award ceremony will start at 2 pm, Antonio will hold his talk entitled "Antibodies and vaccines: The immune system at work" at 6:15 pm.
Ernst Jung Symposium 2021 (registration to the virtual award ceremony): external page https://jung-stiftung.de/symposium-2021/