Jeffrey V. Ravetch Explained

Birth Date:1951
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Awards:Wolf Prize in Medicine
Spouse:Wendy Evans Joseph[1]

Jeffrey Victor Ravetch (born 1951) is a professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology at The Rockefeller University.

Background and training

Ravetch earned his B.S. degree at Yale University in 1973 in molecular biophysics and biochemistry working with Donald Crothers on the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of synthetic oligoribonucleotides. He received a Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 1978 in bacterial genetics working in the laboratory of Norton Zinder and Peter Model in the Laboratory of Genetics at Rockefeller and an M.D. from Cornell University Medical School in 1979. He completed postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health with Philip Leder, where he identified and characterized the genes for human antibodies and the DNA elements involved in switch recombination. From 1982 to 1996 Dr. Ravetch was a member of the faculty of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell Medical College. Currently, Ravetch is the Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Professor in the Leonard Wagner Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology at The Rockefeller University.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Summary of research achievements

Ravetch revealed the mechanisms by which antibodies mediate and regulate their diverse in vivo effector functions through the characterization of the structural and functional diversity of the Fc region and their interactions with the family of Fc receptors he defined. His studies have focused on the redesign of antibodies to enhance their therapeutic capacity for the treatment of infectious, neoplastic and inflammatory diseases.

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Notes and References

  1. News: WEDDING; Wendy Joseph, Jeffrey Ravetch. The New York Times . October 28, 2001. NYTimes.com.
  2. Web site: The Rockefeller University » Scientists & Research. rockefeller.edu. February 12, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150219050923/http://www.rockefeller.edu/research/faculty/abstract.php?id=141. February 19, 2015. dead.
  3. Profile of Jeffrey Ravetch. 2683121 . 19416845 . 10.1073/pnas.0903830106. 106. May 2009. Ravetch J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 19 . 7689–91. 2009PNAS..106.7689D . free .
  4. Web site: BioTechniques – Profile of Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D.. biotechniques.com. February 12, 2015.
  5. Web site: Stocks. Bloomberg.com. July 17, 2023 .
  6. Web site: CRI Profile.
  7. Web site: The Rockefeller University » Hospital Centennial. centennial.rucares.org.
  8. Web site: Jeffrey V. Ravetch – Gairdner. gairdner.org. February 12, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160904235305/http://www.gairdner.org/content/jeffrey-v-ravetch. September 4, 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: Report on Gairdner Award . February 12, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315070751/http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2012/03/21/jeffrey-v-ravetch-and-michael-w-young-to-receive-canada-gairdner-international-awards/ . March 15, 2015 . dead .
  10. Web site: ASBMB Article on Gairdner.
  11. Web site: Sanofi Prize.
  12. Web site: Honorary doctorates › Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . 17 July 2023 . 17 July 2023.
  13. Web site: פרופ' ג'פרי ראבץ', Jeffrey Ravetch. Simply-Smart. 115.173. February 12, 2015.
  14. Web site: Report on Wolf Prize . February 12, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206050248/http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2015/02/02/jeffrey-ravetch-wins-wolf-prize-in-medicine/ . February 6, 2015 . dead .
  15. Web site: Wolf Prizes in the sciences and arts presented to nine North Americans. The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
  16. Web site: Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research | Northwell Health. feinstein.northwell.edu.
  17. Web site: Robert Koch Stiftung – Robert Koch Award. www.robert-koch-stiftung.de.
  18. Web site: Jeffrey Ravetch . National Academy of Sciences . 10 June 2021 . 17 July 2023.
  19. Web site: Jeffrey Ravetch elected to Institute of Medicine . Rockefeller . 8 October 2007 . 17 July 2023.

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