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Alain Robert Michael Townsend

b. 2000

Professor of Molecular Immunology

University teacher Immunologist
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About Alain Robert Michael Townsend

Born 2000. Alain Robert Michael Townsend is a university teacher and immunologist.

Alain Townsend is a British virologist who is a Professor of Medicine in the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University. His laboratory studies virology, mainly influenza, but more recently ebola.

After graduating from St Mary's Hospital, London, he went to the National Institute for Medical Research to study immunology. He received his PhD in 1984, supervised by Brigitte Askonas.

Awards 1989 William B. Coley Award 1992 Fellow of the Royal Society 1992 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1992) 2000 Gairdner Foundation International Award

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Important facts

Born
2000
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
University teacher, immunologist
Education
St Mary's Hospital, National Institute for Medical Research
Employers
University of Oxford, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Linacre College
Awards
Canada Gairdner International Award; William B. Coley Award; Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
Also known as
Alain Townsend, Alain R. M. Townsend, Alain R.M. Townsend

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Professor of Molecular Immunology

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Alain Robert Michael Townsend was born in 2000.

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Alain Robert Michael Townsend is a university teacher and immunologist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alain Robert Michael Townsend

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