Immunology and Transplantation Scientists

the Paul Ehrlich Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science

professor of medicine in the department of organ transplantation and immunology at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

discovered how T cells recognise their target antigens in combination with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins

for the development of cell and organ transplantation

discovered and named dendritic cells

specificity in development and control of the immune system

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1845-15 July 1916), gallicised and known in Western sources as Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from the Russian Empire of Moldavian noble ancestry best known for his research in immunology (study of immune systems) and thanatology (study of death).

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (3 September 1899-31 August 1985), usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology.

In November 1958, he performed the first successful allogeneic bone marrow transplant ever performed on unrelated human beings.

Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet ( bor-DAY, French: [ʒyl ʒɑ̃ batist vɛ̃sɑ̃ bɔʁdɛ]; 13 June 1870-6 April 1961) was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist.

Karl Landsteiner (German: [kaʁl ˈlantˌʃtaɪnɐ]; 14 June 1868-26 June 1943) was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist.

Leslie Baruch Brent MEASA (5 July 1925-21 December 2019) was a British immunologist and zoologist.

Paul Ehrlich (German: [ˈpaʊl ˈeːɐ̯lɪç] ; 14 March 1854-20 August 1915) was a German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Sir Peter Brian Medawar (; 28 February 1915-2 October 1987) was a Brazilian-born biologist and writer of Lebanese-British descent who, from a succession of research and teaching posts (Oxford through the Royal Institution), and senior U.K. biomedical leadership positions (MRC and RPMC), contributed seminal discoveries in immunology, including one honoured by a Nobel Prize to him and Australian Mac Burnet in 1960.

Rupert Everett Billingham FRS (15 October 1921-16 November 2002) was a British biologist who did significant research in the fields of reproductive immunology and organ transplantation.