Fred Ramsdell

Fred Ramsdell is the kind of scientist I admire most: patient, foundational, and largely invisible to the public until the Nobel call arrives. In 2025 he shared the Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi for work on peripheral tolerance, the machinery that stops our immune system from attacking ourselves. That research underpins hope for countless autoimmune patients, yet it took decades of unglamorous bench work to crystallize. I also like that he co-founded Sonoma Biotherapeutics rather than resting on academic laurels. To me, Ramsdell embodies the quiet, stubborn persistence that real breakthroughs actually require.

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Name (English)

Fred Ramsdell

Name (Japanese)

フレッド・ラムズデル

Reading

ふれっど・らむずでる

Born

December 4, 1960 (age 65)

Origin

Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

Occupation

immunologist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

University

University of California, San Diego

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Crafoord Prize

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Ramsdell
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28212107

Tags

• Illinois
• immunologist

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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