Sebastian Amigorena
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Born1960 (age 65–66)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
ThesisFcR expression in B lymphocytes (1990)
Other advisorIra Mellman
Sebastian Amigorena | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | FcR expression in B lymphocytes (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolf H. Fridman |
| Other advisor | Ira Mellman |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Immunologist |
| Institutions | Institut Curie |
| Notable students | Ana Rodriguez (postdoc '97–'99)[1] |
Sebastian Amigorena is an Argentine immunologist and a Team Leader at the Institut Curie.[2]
Sebastian Amigorena was born in 1960 in Buenos Aires.[3] He studied biochemistry at Paris Diderot University, earning his Ph.D. in 1990 under the supervision of Wolf H. Fridman, with a thesis titled "FcR expression in B lymphocytes".[4] He then went on to a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Ira Mellman at Yale Medical School.[3] In 1995, he joined the faculty of the Institut Curie as a team leader, and is now director of the laboratory of Immunity and Cancer.[3] He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 2005.[3][5]
