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  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Italy Leader Award
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  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2017 - Robert Koch Prize
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Antonio Lanzavecchia is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with particular focus on Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology. Their research spans multiple areas, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, Animal Virus Infections, Viral Gastroenteritis, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Cross-neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by a human monoclonal SARS-CoV antibody (2020, Nature)
  • Mapping Neutralizing and Immunodominant Sites on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Domain by Structure-Guided High-Resolution Serology (2020, Cell)
  • Broadly neutralizing antibodies overcome SARS-CoV-2 Omicron antigenic shift (2021, Nature)
  • A perspective on potential antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS-CoV-2 (2020, Nature)
  • Broad betacoronavirus neutralization by a stem helix-specific human antibody (2021, Science)

Frequent coauthors in their works include:

  • Davide Corti
  • Federica Sallusto
  • Luca Piccoli
  • Elisabetta Cameroni
  • David Veesler

The main venues where their work has been published are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature
  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Cell

Antonio Lanzavecchia has also received several awards, including the Robert Koch Prize in 2017, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2016, and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Efficient presentation of soluble antigen by cultured human dendritic cells is maintained by granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor plus interleukin 4 and downregulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha.

    Federica Sallusto;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Two subsets of memory T lymphocytes with distinct homing potentials and effector functions

    Federica Sallusto;Danielle Lenig;Reinhold Förster;Martin Lipp

  • Central Memory and Effector Memory T Cell Subsets: Function, Generation, and Maintenance

    Federica Sallusto;Jens Geginat;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Ligation of CD40 on dendritic cells triggers production of high levels of interleukin-12 and enhances T cell stimulatory capacity: T-T help via APC activation.

    M Cella;D Scheidegger;K Palmer-Lehmann;P Lane

  • Dendritic cells use macropinocytosis and the mannose receptor to concentrate macromolecules in the major histocompatibility complex class II compartment: downregulation by cytokines and bacterial products.

    Federica Sallusto;Marina Cella;Carlo Danieli;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Cross-neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by a human monoclonal SARS-CoV antibody.

    Dora Pinto;Young Jun Park;Martina Beltramello;Alexandra C. Walls

  • Interleukins 1beta and 6 but not transforming growth factor-beta are essential for the differentiation of interleukin 17-producing human T helper cells.

    Eva V Acosta-Rodriguez;Giorgio Napolitani;Antonio Lanzavecchia;Federica Sallusto

  • Surface phenotype and antigenic specificity of human interleukin 17–producing T helper memory cells

    Eva V Acosta-Rodriguez;Laura Rivino;Jens Geginat;David Jarrossay

  • Plasmacytoid monocytes migrate to inflamed lymph nodes and produce large amounts of type I interferon.

    Marina Cella;David Jarrossay;Fabio Facchetti;Olga Alebardi

  • Flexible programs of chemokine receptor expression on human polarized T helper 1 and 2 lymphocytes.

    Federica Sallusto;Danielle Lenig;Charles R. Mackay;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Antigen-specific interaction between T and B cells

    Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Origin, maturation and antigen presenting function of dendritic cells

    Marina Cella;Federica Sallusto;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • L-Arginine Modulates T Cell Metabolism and Enhances Survival and Anti-tumor Activity.

    Roger Geiger;Roger Geiger;Jan C. Rieckmann;Tobias Wolf;Tobias Wolf;Camilla Basso

  • Maintenance of Serological Memory by Polyclonal Activation of Human Memory B Cells

    Nadia L. Bernasconi;Elisabetta Traggiai;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Rapid and coordinated switch in chemokine receptor expression during dendritic cell maturation

    Federica Sallusto;Patrick Schaerli;Pius Loetscher;Christoph Schaniel

  • T Cell Activation Determined by T Cell Receptor Number and Tunable Thresholds

    Antonella Viola;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Inflammatory stimuli induce accumulation of MHC class II complexes on dendritic cells

    Marina Cella;Anneke Engering;Valerie Pinet;Jean Pieters

  • Development of a human adaptive immune system in cord blood cell-transplanted mice.

    Elisabetta Traggiai;Laurie Chicha;Luca Mazzucchelli;Lucio Bronz

  • Mapping Neutralizing and Immunodominant Sites on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Domain by Structure-Guided High-Resolution Serology.

    Luca Piccoli;Young Jun Park;M. Alejandra Tortorici;M. Alejandra Tortorici;Nadine Czudnochowski

  • Serial triggering of many T-cell receptors by a few peptide–MHC complexes

    Salvatore Valitutti;Sabina Müller;Marina Cella;Elisabetta Padovan

  • T Lymphocyte Costimulation Mediated by Reorganization of Membrane Microdomains

    Antonella Viola;Susanne Schroeder;Yoichi Sakakibara;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • The role of chemokine receptors in primary, effector, and memory immune responses.

    Federica Sallusto;Charles R. Mackay;Antonio Lanzavecchia

Frequent Co-Authors

Davide Corti
Davide Corti Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)
Marina Cella
Marina Cella Washington University in St. Louis
Antonella Viola
Antonella Viola University of Padua
Jens Geginat
Jens Geginat University of Milan
Salvatore Valitutti
Salvatore Valitutti Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Ralph S. Baric
Ralph S. Baric University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Giulia Casorati
Giulia Casorati Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Colin Watts
Colin Watts University of Birmingham
Eric F. Donaldson
Eric F. Donaldson Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

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