David Pressman (scientist) explained

David Pressman was an American immunologist. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 1937 and received his PhD from the same institution in 1940. He remained at Caltech as a research fellow until 1947.^[1] During that time, he worked with Linus Pauling and Dan H. Campbell and the three published highly influential work on antibodies and antigens.^{[2] [3]} Pressman then joined the faculty at the Sloan-Kettering Institute.^[4] He later moved to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.^[5]

Among the influential members of his research group were Herman Eisen,^[6] Arthur Silverstein,^[7] and Alfred Nisonoff.

Notes and References

1. News: David Pressman '37 Now Doing Research in New York. 27 August 2016. Caltech Alumni News. 19. December 1947.
2. Pauling. Linus. Campbell. Dan H.. Pressman. David. The Nature of the Forces Between Antigen and Antibody and of the Precipitation Reaction. Physiological Reviews. July 1943. 23. 3. 203–219. 27 August 2016. 10.1152/physrev.1943.23.3.203.
3. Web site: Campbell, Pressman, Pauling and the Binding of Antibodies. The Pauling Blog. Oregon State University. 27 August 2016. 9 April 2015.
4. Web site: Dan Campbell and David Pressman study antigens and antibodies . scarc . 27 September 2016 . 27 September 2016.
5. Steiner. LA. Knight. KL. In memoriam Alfred Nisonoff 1923-2001.. Journal of Immunology. 15 August 2001. 167. 4. 1855–6. 10.4049/jimmunol.167.4.1855. 11489960. free.
6. Eisen. Herman N.. Schlesinger. Sondra. Remembrance of Immunology Past: Conversations with Herman Eisen. Annual Review of Immunology. 21 March 2015. 33. 1. 1–28. 10.1146/annurev-immunol-111214-122349. 25581308. free.
7. Book: Silverstein. Arthur M.. Gallagher. Richard B.. Gilder. Jean. Nossal. Gustav J.V.. Salvatore. Gaetano. Immunology the Making of a Modern Science.. 1995. Elsevier. Burlington. 9780080534534.