Philippa Marrack
| Philippa "Pippa" Marrack | |
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| Born |
28 June 1945 Ewell, England |
| Institutions | National Jewish Health |
| Alma mater |
Cambridge University University of California, San Diego |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Munro |
| Known for | T cells, autoimmune disease |
| Notable awards |
Fellow, Royal Society (1987) |
| Spouse | John W. Kappler |
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Website https://www.nationaljewish.org/providers/researchers/philippa-marrack http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/philippa-marrack |
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Fellow, Royal Society (1987)
Member, National Academy of Sciences (1989)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1995)
Dickson Prize (1996)
Philippa "Pippa" Marrack FRS (born 28 June 1945) is an English biologist, based in the United States, best known for her research into T cell development, T cell apoptosis and survival, adjuvants, autoimmune disease, and for identifying superantigens, the mechanism behind toxic shock syndrome. She collaborates with her husband, John W. Kappler.
Marrack was born in Ewell, England on 28 June 1945. She completed both undergraduate (1967) and Ph.D. (1970) work at New Hall, Cambridge. During her Ph.D, she worked at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology with Alan Munro, where she began to study the differences between T cells and B cells.
She later did postdoctoral work with Richard Dutton at the University of California, San Diego.
Her first faculty position was with the University of Rochester, followed by National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado and the University of Colorado.
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