Albert Lasker
Basic Medical Research Award

For the epochal discovery of MHC restriction of T-cell recognition and the single T-cell receptor altered-self hypothesis. (More >)

For pioneering the isolation of and solution to the structures of class I and class II MHC proteins and their peptide complexes. (More >)

For seminal discoveries in antigen processing and MHC-peptide binding which deciphered the biochemical basis of T-cell recognition. (More >)

For visualizing the three-dimensional structures of class I and class II proteins and their complexes with antigens and superantigens. (More >)

For the landmark discovery of MHC restriction of T-cell recognition, and the altered-self hypothesis. (More >)