Leonard Herzenberg

Leonard Arthur "Len" Herzenberg (born 5 November 1931) is an immunologist, geneticist and professor at Stanford University. His contribututions to the development of cell biology made it possible to sort viable cells by their specific properties.

Born in New York City, U.S.A., Herzenberg received his bachelors degree in 1952 from Brooklyn College in biology and chemistry. In 1955, he received his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology in biochemistry with a specialization in immunology.

In 1970 Herzenberg developed the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) which revolutionized immunology and cancer biology, and is the basis for purification of adult stem cells.

Herzenberg and his wife, Leonore ("Lee"), run the Herzenberg Laboratory at Stanford. Their daughter Janet "Jana Herzen", is a singer-songwriter and the founder of Motéma Music.

Awards

Herzenberg received:

• the Lifetime Service Award, American Association of Immunologists, in 1998;
• the Edwin F. Ullman Award, American Association of Clinical Chemistry, in 2002;
• the Novartis Immunology Prize, in 2004;
• the Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology, American Society for Microbiology, in 2005; and
• the 2006 Kyoto award for his work in cell biology;
• the Ceppellini Award, International Foundation for Research in Experimental Medicine, in 2007, with his wife Lee Herzenberg for "their internationally recognized contributions to medicine.”

Personal life

References

• Kalte, Pam M.; Nemeh, Katherine H.; and Schusterbauer, Noah (2005) "Herzenberg, Leonard Arthur (1931-)" American Men & Women of Science: A biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological and related sciences (22nd ed.)Thomson Gale, Detroit;

External links

• "Leonard Arthur Herzenberg" Inamori Foundation Kyoto Award;
• Leonard Herzenberg's homepage at Stanford from 2005 from Web Archive;
• Pincock, Stephen (9 June 2006) "Herzenberg wins Kyoto Prize" The Scientist: Magazine of the Life Sciences 2006(June 9): ;
• [1] The Laboratory of Lee and Leonard Herzenberg