Ralph M. Steinman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph M. Steinman

Canadian immunologist and cell biologist

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1943

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 30-Sep-2011

Profession: physician, professor, biologist, researcher, immunologist

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ralph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 discovered and named dendritic cells while working as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Zanvil A.
Cohn, also at Rockefeller University.
Steinman was one of the recipients of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.