Josef Penninger

Josef Penninger (born 5 September 1964) is an Austrian biomedical researcher specialising in molecular immunology. He is the scientific director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology located at the Vienna Biocenter. In February 2018, he announced his decision to leave Vienna and become the head of the Life Sciences Institute of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2]

Josef Penninger
Born	(1964-09-05) 5 September 1964[1] Gurten, Upper Austria
Alma mater	University of Innsbruck
Awards	Descartes Prize (2006) Ernst Jung Prize (2007) Wittgenstein-Preis (2014)
Scientific career
Institutions	Amgen University of Toronto Institute of Molecular Biotechnology University of British Columbia
Thesis	Phenotypical and functional analysis of intrathymic nurse (TCN)-Lymphocytes (1990)
Doctoral advisor	Georg Wick[2]

The asteroid 48801 Penninger is named in his honour.[3]

References

1. "Genetiker Josef Penninger kehrt Wien den Rücken". Die Presse (in German). 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
2. "Top-Forscher Josef Penninger verlässt Österreich". MSN (in German). 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
3. "(48801) Penninger = 1997 UC1 = 1999 CT110". IAU Minor Planet Center.

External links

• Josef Penninger publications indexed by Google Scholar