Bruce beutler

    bruce beutler
Field Information
Full Name Bruce A. Beutler
Date of Birth 29 December 1957
Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of Death -
Place of Death -
Citizenship / Country of Residence American
Education University of California, San Diego (BA); University of Chicago (MD, PhD)
Profession Immunologist, geneticist
Years of Activity Late 1980s - Present
Brief Information Bruce Beutler is an American immunologist and geneticist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011 for his discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity. His work focused on identifying the receptor for lipopolysaccharide, a bacterial product that initiates septic shock.