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
Spring 2007
Two decades after its founding, immunobiology becomes a department
Ever since Edward Jenner injected a young English boy with cowpox virus in the 1790s to prevent smallpox, scientists...
Autumn 2010
Immunobiologist named to National Academy
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute...
Winter 2012
Shaw Prize awarded to immunobiologist
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology, a member of Yale Cancer Center, and a...
Spring 2010
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D.
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute...
Autumn 2008
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., received the Howard Taylor Ricketts Award from the University of Chicago in May. The Howard...
Spring 2008
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D.
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., professor of immunobiology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has received a...
Fall 2000 | Winter 2001
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D.
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., assistant professor of immunobiology, has been named an assistant investigator for the...
Spring 2009
How a rock 'n' roll scientist built a better mouse
By inserting human genes into mice, Richard Flavell and his team are creating a mouse with a working human immune...
Spring 2002
The toll road
In science, an idea can lie dormant for a century and then enjoy a fantastic rebirth. That’s what happened when Charlie...
Autumn 2005
A toll on infections
In 1997 the late Charles A. Janeway Jr., M.D., and Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., professor of immunobiology, discovered...
Spring 2005
A new role for “good” microorganisms
The human immune system is a finely honed defense mechanism that quickly detects and destroys bacterial and viral...
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