Background
Herzenberg was born in New York City, United States.A.
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Leonard Herzenberg
Edit Profilebiochemist geneticist immunologist university professor
Education
Herzenberg was born in New York City, United States.A. He received his bachelor"s degree in 1952 from Brooklyn College in biology and chemistry. In 1955, he received his Doctor of Philosophy from in biochemistry with a specialization in immunology for studies on cytochrome in Neurospora.
Career
His contributions to the development of cell biology made it possible to sort viable cells by their specific properties. After school he was a postdoctoral fellow at the American Cancer Society, working in France at the Pasteur Institute. He returned to the United States in 1957 and worked for the National Institutes of Health as an officer in the Public Health Service department.
He started working at Stanford in 1959.
He eventually earned the title Professor of Genetics. In 1970 Herzenberg developed the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) which revolutionized immunology and cancer biology, and is the basis for purification of adult stem cells.
Achievements
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Herzenberg received a range of honours and awards during his life including: the ABRF Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Biomolecular Technologies, in 2013; the Lifetime Service Award, American Association of Immunologists, in 1998; the Edwin F. Ullman Award, American Association of Clinical Chemistry, in 2002; the Novartis Immunology Prize, in 2004; the Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology, American Society for Microbiology, in 2005. And the 2006 Kyoto award for his work in cell biology; the Ceppellini Award, International Foundation for Research in Experimental Medicine, in 2007, with his wife Lee Herzenberg for "their internationally recognized contributions to medicine.".
Membership
National Academy of Sciences.
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Died
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Nationality
American