Ralph Marvin Steinman, M.D., is an immunologist and cell biologist at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 coined the term dendritic cells while working as a postdoc in the lab of Zanvil A. Cohn, also at Rockefeller University.^[1] He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his life-long work on dendritic cells, such as the Albert Lasker Award For Basic Medical Research (2007), the Gairdner Foundation International Award (2003), and the Cancer Research Institute William B. Coley Award (1998). In addition, he was made a member of Institute of Medicine (U.S.A.; elected 2002) and the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.; elected 2001).

[edit] Awards

• The 2009 Albany Medical Center Prize (Shared with Charles A. Dinarello and Bruce A. Beutler)[1]
• The 1998 William B. Coley Award

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.rockefeller.edu/
• http://www.gairdner.org/
• http://www.nationalacademies.org/
• http://www.laskerfoundation.org/

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