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Georges J. F. Köhler
Biologist

Georges J. F. Köhler

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Developing the hybridoma method for producing monoclonal antibodies.

Monoclonal antibodies · Nobel Prize

Born
17 April 1946
Birthplace
Munich
Died
1 March 1995

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Georges J. F. Köhler

Georges Köhler was a German immunologist who shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Early life

Education

Born in Munich, he studied biology at Freiburg and worked with Fritz Melchers.

Career

  1. 1974

    Cambridge

    Joined César Milstein’s laboratory at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

  2. 1975

    Hybridoma paper

    Published their method for producing antibodies of one specificity.

  3. 1976

    Basel

    Joined the Basel Institute for Immunology.

  4. 1986

    Freiburg

    Became a Max Planck institute director.

Contributions

Monoclonal antibodies

Co-developed a method for continuously producing identical antibodies.

Nobel Prize

Shared the medicine prize with Milstein and Niels Jerne.

Beyond research

Family

Married Claudia Reintjes in 1968; they had three children.

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