“work produced by a person since deceased shall not be considered”“The decision to award the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to the late Ralph Steinman shall remain unchanged, in keeping with the earlier announcement from the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet.”



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“The Rockefeller University is delighted that the Nobel Foundation has recognized Ralph Steinman for his seminal discoveries concerning the body’s immune responses. But the news is bittersweet, as we also learned this morning from Ralph’s family that he passed a few days ago after a long battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with Ralph’s wife, children and family.”


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Ralph Steinman – Photograph from Rockefeller University




“We are all so touched that our father’s many years of hard work are being recognized with a Nobel Prize. He devoted his life to his work and his family, and he would be truly honored.”



“Ralph’s research has laid the foundation for numerous discoveries in the critically important field of immunology, and it has led to innovative new approaches in how we treat cancer, infectious diseases and disorders of the immune system.”

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“Steinman’s subsequent research points to dendritic cells as important and unique accessories in the onset of several immune responses, including clinically important situations such as graft rejection, resistance to tumors, autoimmune diseases and infections including AIDS.”





  • Name: Ralph Marvin Steinman
  • Born: January 14, 1943
  • Died: September 30, 2011
  • Place of birth: Montreal Canada
  • 1963 – B.S. degree with honors, McGill University
  • 1968 – M.D. magna cum laude, Harvard Medical School
  • He completed his internship and residency at Massachuetts General Hospital, after which he joined The Rockefeller University in 1970 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology, which at the time was under (late) James G. Hirsch and Zanvil A. Cohn.
  • 1972 – appointed an assistant professor
  • 1976 – appointed associate professor
  • 1988 – appointed professor
  • 1995 – named Henry G. Kunkel Professor
  • 1998 – appointed director of the Christopher Browne Center for Immunology and Immune Diseases
  • Freidrich-Sasse, Emil von Behring, and Robert Koch Prizes
  • Rudolf Virchow and Coley Medals
  • The Gairdner Foundation International Award
  • Honorary degrees from the University of Innsburck and Free University of Brussels
  • The 2004 New York City Mayor’s Award for Science and Technology
  • The 2007 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  • The 2009 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
  • A member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and its Institute of Medicine