Who is Bruce Alan Beutler?
Q: Who is Bruce Alan Beutler?
A: Bruce Alan Beutler is an American immunologist and geneticist of Jewish descent.
Q: What did Bruce Alan Beutler receive a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for?
A: Bruce Alan Beutler received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Jules Hoffmann, for discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.
Q: Who else received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011?
A: Ralph Steinman received the other half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011 for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.
Q: Where is Bruce Alan Beutler currently working?
A: Bruce Alan Beutler is currently the Director of the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Genetics at The Scripps Research Institute, in La Jolla, California.
Q: Was Bruce Alan Beutler's father also a medical geneticist?
A: Yes, Bruce Alan Beutler's father, Ernest Beutler, was also a hematologist and medical geneticist and a Professor and Department Chairman at Scripps.
Q: When was Bruce Alan Beutler born?
A: Bruce Alan Beutler was born on December 29, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois.
Q: What is Bruce Alan Beutler's area of expertise?
A: Bruce Alan Beutler's area of expertise is immunology and genetics.
