Ruslan M Medzhitov PhD
David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology: Computational Immunology | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and DevelopmentCancer Immunology
Immunobiology
Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale
Liver Center
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Molecular Virology
Biography
Medzhitov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and earned a B.S. at Tashkent State University before going on to pursue a Ph.D. in biochemistry at Moscow University in 1990. He performed his postdoctoral studies with the late Charles A. Janeway Jr. at Yale University Medical School.
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Education
- Ph.D., Moscow State University , 1993
Selected Publication
- Kagan, J.C. and Medzhitov, R. (2006). Phosphoinositide-mediated adaptor recruitment controls Toll-like receptor signaling. Cell 125(5):943-55.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- 2010 Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science.(2010) , Brandeis University
Articles
December 2010
Medical school’s mentors ‘pay it forward’
Though few of the hundreds of busy people who pass through the doors of Sterling Hall of Medicine each day notice the...
Jan/Feb 2010
Autoimmunity: research on many fronts
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)IBD is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine that...
March 2013
Researchers win prize honoring exceptional immigrant scientists
On February 5, the Vilcek Foundation announced that two immune-system researchers at the School of Medicine will share...
Jan/Feb 2010
Pioneer in studies of innate immunity wins Rosenstiel Award
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute...
Aug/Sept 2005
Taking a toll on parasitic infections
In 1997, a blockbuster article by two Yale scientists, the late Charles A. Janeway Jr., M.D., and Ruslan M. Medzhitov,...
July/August 2010
Innate immunity innovator joins National Academy
In April, Yale immunobiologist Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., received one of the highest honors bestowed on American...
July/August 2011
Innate immunity pioneer receives international prize
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology, is one of three scientists awarded the...
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