Philippa Marrack

Philippa "Pippa" Marrack FRS (born 28 June 1945) is an English immunologist and academic, based in the United States, best known for her research into T cell development, T cell apoptosis and survival, adjuvants, autoimmune disease, and for identifying superantigens, the mechanism behind toxic shock syndrome.[1] She collaborates with her husband, John W. Kappler.[2]

Philippa Marrack
Born (1945-06-28) 28 June 1945
Ewell, England
Other namesPippa Marrack
Alma materNew Hall, Cambridge (University of Cambridge) (M.A., Ph.D)
Known fordiscovery of T cell receptor, discovery of superantigens, T cells, autoimmune disease
Spouse(s)John W. Kappler
AwardsMember, National Academy of Sciences (1989)

Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1995)
Dickson Prize (1996)
Fellow, Royal Society (1997)
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2004)

National Women's Hall of Fame (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
University of Rochester
National Jewish Health
University of Colorado Denver
HHMI
Doctoral advisorAlan Munro
WebsiteKM lab website

Biography

Dr. Marrack was born in Ewell, England on 28 June 1945.[3][4] She completed both undergraduate (1967) and PhD (1970) work at New Hall, Cambridge. During her PhD, she worked at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology with Alan Munro, where she began to study the differences between T cells and B cells.

She later did postdoctoral work with Richard Dutton at the University of California, San Diego.

Her first faculty position was with the University of Rochester, followed by National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado and the University of Colorado. She is Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.[5]

She collaborates with her husband John W. Kappler. They met in 1971 as postdoctoral fellows at the University of California San Diego.[6] In 1983 they discovered the T cell receptor, together with Ellis Reinherz and James Allison.

She attributes her interest in immunology to her great uncle British pathologist John Marrack.[6][7]

Marrack plays the piano and is a blues guitarist.[6]

Professional Activities

Dr. Marrack served as president of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) from 2000 to 2001 and the AAI Council from 1995 to 2002.[5]

Significant papers
  • J.W. Kappler, M. Roehm, P. Marrack, "T cell tolerance by clonal elimination in the thymus," Cell, v.49, n.2, pp. 273–80 (1987)
  • P. Marrack and J. Kappler, "The Staphylococcal Enterotoxins and Their Relatives," Science, v.248 (4956), pp. 705–11 (1990).
  • J.W. Kappler, U. Staerz, J. White, P.C. Marrack, "Self-Tolerance Eliminates T Cells Specific for MIS-Modified Products of the Major Histocompatibility Complex," Nature, 332 (6159): pp. 35–40 (1988).
  • J. White, et al. (P.C. Marrack), "The V(beta)-specific superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B: Stimulation of mature T cells and clonal deletions in neonatal mice," Cell, v.56, n.1, pp. 27–35 (1989).
  • J.W. Kappler, et al. "Antigen-inducible, H-2-restricted, interleukin-2-producing T cell hybridomas. Lack of independent antigen and H-2 recognition." Journal of Experimental Medicine 153.5 (1981): 1198–1214.

Awards

References
  1. Rennie, J. (1992) "Profile: Philippa Marrack and John Kappler – Keeping It In the Family", Scientific American 267(2), 43–44.
  2. International who's who of women 2014. London: Europa Publications Limited. ISBN 9781857436945. OCLC 855705836.
  3. Yount, Lisa (2007). "Marrack, Philippa". A to Z of Women in Science and Math (Rev. ed.). New York: Infobase Pub. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4381-0795-0.
  4. Marquis Who's Who, ed. (2016). "Marrack, Philippa Charlotte". Marquis Who's Who (33rd ed.). Marquis Who's Who LLC.
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  6. Powell, Kendall (December 2004). "Profile: Philippa Marrack". Nature Medicine. 10 (12): 1270. doi:10.1038/nm1204-1270. PMID 15580239.
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  8. Ward, Lauren (31 March 1992). "Immunologist Marrack to give Dyer Lecture". The NIH Record (XLIV(7)). National Institutes of Health. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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