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Gerald Maurice Edelman (/ ˈ ɛ d əl m ən /; July 1, 1929 – May 17, 2014) was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system. [1]
Gerald Edelman was a noted American Immunologist who, along with Rodney Robert Porter, won the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Gerald M. Edelman, Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rodney R. Porter (AAI '73) for their related but independent work on the molecular structure of antibodies.
Gerald M. Edelman was born on July 1, 1929 in New York City to Edward Edelman and Anna Freedman Edelman. His father is a practicing physician in New York. After his education in New York public schools, Edelman attended Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and received the B.S. degree, magna cum laude, in 1950.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1972 was awarded jointly to Gerald M. Edelman and Rodney R. Porter "for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies"
May 21, 2018 · American neuroscientist, professor, and author Gerald M. Edelman (born 1929) won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1972 at the age of 43. He went on to achieve equal prominence for his pioneering theory of mind, referred to as " Neural Darwinism " or "Neuronal Group Selection" (NGS).
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Jun 27, 2014 · Edelman's work in the 1960s revealed the chemical structure of antibody molecules, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1972 with Rodney Porter. In the 1970s, Edelman turned to studying how cells stick to each other, which led to the discovery of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs).
