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American geneticist
Leonard Arthur "Len" Herzenberg
(November 5, 1931 ? October 27, 2013) was an
immunologist
,
geneticist
and professor at
Stanford University
. His contributions to the development of
cell biology
made it possible to sort viable cells by their specific properties.
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Education
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Herzenberg was born in
New York City
,
U.S.A.
He received his bachelor's 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 for studies on
cytochrome
in
Neurospora
.
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Career
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After school he was a postdoctoral fellow at the
American Cancer Society
, working in France at the
Pasteur Institute
. He returned to the United States in 1957 and worked for the
National Institutes of Health
as an officer in the Public Health Service department. He started working at Stanford in 1959. He eventually earned the title Professor of Genetics.
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In 1970 Herzenberg developed the
fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS)
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which revolutionized immunology and cancer biology, and is the basis for purification of adult
stem cells
.
During a sabbatical in the laboratory of
Cesar Milstein
between 1976 and 1977, Herzenberg coined the term
hybridoma
for hybrid cells that result from the fusion of B cells and myeloma cells.
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Personal life
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Herzenberg and his wife,
Leonore Herzenberg
,
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ran the Herzenberg Laboratory at Stanford together
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until his death. Their daughter,
Jana Herzen
, is a singer-songwriter and the founder of
Motema Music
. He died on October 27, 2013, aged 81.
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Awards and honours
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Herzenberg received a range of honours and awards during his life including:
References
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Herzenberg, Leonard
(1956).
Studies on a cytochrome destroying system in Neurospora
(PhD thesis). California Institute of Technology.
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b
Herzenberg, L. A.; Parks, D.; Sahaf, B.; Perez, O.; Roederer, M.; Herzenberg, L. A. (2002).
"The history and future of the fluorescence activated cell sorter and flow cytometry: A view from Stanford"
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Clinical Chemistry
.
48
(10): 1819?1827.
doi
:
10.1093/clinchem/48.10.1819
.
PMID
12324512
.
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Herzenberg, Leonard A.; Herzenberg, Leonore A.; Roederer, M. (2013).
"A Conversation with Leonard and Leonore Herzenberg"
.
Annual Review of Physiology
.
76
: 130819115335001.
doi
:
10.1146/annurev-physiol-021113-170355
.
PMID
23957332
.
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Roederer, M. (2013).
"Leonard Herzenberg (1931?2013) Immunologist who pioneered cell-sorting technology"
.
Nature
.
504
(7478): 34.
doi
:
10.1038/504034a
.
PMID
24305144
.
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Leonard Herzenberg's publications
indexed by the
Scopus
bibliographic database.
(subscription required)
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Roederer, Mario (October 28, 2013).
"Len Herzenberg - 1931-2013"
. Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories
. Retrieved
October 29,
2013
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b
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"The History of the Cell Sorter Interviews"
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Record Unit 9554
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
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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;
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Milstein, Cesar (1999-10-11).
"The hybridoma revolution: an offshoot of basic research"
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BioEssays
.
21
(11): 966?973.
doi
:
10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199911)21:11<966::AID-BIES9>3.0.CO;2-Z
.
PMID
10517870
.
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McCarthy, Pumtiwitt (2012).
"The road well traveled together: A joint "Reflections" by Leonore and Leonard Herzenberg"
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ASBMB Today
. Retrieved
26 August
2015
.
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"Past Recipients"
.
The American Association of Immunologists
. Retrieved
19 September
2018
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