Georges J. F. Köhler
Georges Jean Franz Köhler | |
|---|---|
César Milstein and Georges Jean Franz Köhler | |
| Born | 17 April 1946 |
| Died | 1 March 1995 (aged 48) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| Known for | Monoclonal antibodies |
| Spouse | Claudia Reintjes |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1984) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
| Doctoral advisor | Fritz Melchers |
Georges Jean Franz Köhler (German pronunciation: [ˈʒɔʁʃ ˈkøːlɐ] ⓘ; 17 April 1946 – 1 March 1995) was a German biologist.
Together with César Milstein and Niels Kaj Jerne, Köhler won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984, "for work on the immune system and the production of monoclonal antibodies". Milstein and Köhler's technique for producing monoclonal antibodies laid the foundation for the exploitation of antibodies for diagnostics, therapeutics and many other scientific applications.