Jacques Miller

Biography

Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller AC FRS FAA (born 2 April 1931) is a French-Australian research scientist. He is known for having discovered the function of the thymus and for the identification of mammalian species of the two major subsets of lymphocytes ( T cells and B cells ) and their function. Miller was born on 2 April 1931 in Nice , France , as J.F.A.P. Meunier, and grew up in France , Switzerland and China , mostly in Shanghai . After the outbreak of World War II , in anticipation of Japan 's entry into the war, his family moved in 1941 to Sydney , Australia , and changed their last name to "Miller". He was educated at St Aloysius' College in Sydney, where he met his future colleague, Sir Gustav Nossal . [ 1 ] Miller studied medicine at the University of Sydney , and had his first experience of laboratory research in the laboratory of Professor Patrick de Burgh where he studied virus infection. [ 1 ] Fields: Immunology

About the Lasker Award

The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels."

Quick Facts

• Award: Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research
• Added: 2026-02-07
• Source: Wikipedia
• Established: 1946
• Presented by: Lasker Foundation

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