Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov(1845–1916)
MedicineIlya Ilyich Mechnikov, gallicised and known in Western sources as Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from Ukraine of Moldavian noble ancestry best known for his research in immunology and thanatology. He and Paul Ehrlich were jointly awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work on immunity".
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Education
Imperial Kharkov University
University of Göttingen
Doctoral Advisors
Jules BordetWaldemar HaffkineAlexandre BesredkaJózef Nusbaum-HilarowiczLev TarassevitchEugène WollmanLouis PasteurLeon Cienkowski
Career Timeline
Odesa University?–present
Imperial Novorossiia University?–present
Imperial St. Petersburg University?–present
Pasteur Institute1888–1916
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
SS
Shimon Sakaguchi
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
ME
Mary E. Brunkow
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
FR
Fred Ramsdell
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
KK
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
VA
Victor Ambros
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
GR
Gary Ruvkun
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
DW
Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
SP
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
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