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D-Index
40
Citations
6712
World Ranking
4926
National Ranking
414

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Robert Koch Gold Medal
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Brigitte A. Askonas was affiliated with the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom during their scientific career. Their work and contributions spanned various aspects of biological research under this institutional framework.

The scientist was recognized by several prestigious awards, including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007. The same year, Brigitte A. Askonas received the Robert Koch Gold Medal. Additionally, they were a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting a noted standing in the molecular biology community.

No recent papers, frequent co-authors, specific publication venues, main or subfields of study, or identified main research topics are documented in the available data. Likewise, there is no record of book publications or named research themes.

Their career is recorded as completed, with the scientist deceased, and this profile is presented in the past tense accordingly.

Best Publications

  • Isoelectric Focusing in Polyacrylamide Gel and its Application to Immunoglobulins

    Z. L. Awdeh;A. R. Williamson;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • IMMUNOGENICITY OF ANTIGEN-CONTAINING RIBONUCLEIC ACID PREPARATIONS FROM MACROPHAGES.

    Brigitte A. Askonas;Joan M. Rhodes

  • HLA restriction of cell-mediated lysis of influenza virus-infected human cells.

    A. J. Mcmichael;A. Ting;H. J. Zweerink;H. J. Zweerink;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Cytotoxic T cells kill influenza virus infected cells but do not distinguish between serologically distinct type A viruses

    H. J. Zweerink;H. J. Zweerink;S. A. Courtneidge;J. J. Skehel;M. J. Crumpton

  • One cell–one immunoglobin. Origin of limited heterogeneity of myeloma proteins

    Z. L. Awdeh;A. R. Williamson;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Immune interferon release when a cloned cytotoxic T-cell line meets its correct influenza-infected target cell

    A. G. Morris;Yun-Lu Lin;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Cross-protection and cross-reactive cytotoxic T cells induced by influenza virus vaccines in mice.

    Robert G. Webster;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Enhanced recognition of a modified peptide antigen by cytotoxic T cells specific for influenza nucleoprotein.

    Helen C. Bodmer;Roy M. Pemberton;Jonathan B. Rothbard;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Persistence of immunogenicity of antigen after uptake by macrophages.

    Emil R. Unanue;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Purified Influenza Virus Nucleoprotein Protects Mice from Lethal Infection

    David C. Wraith;Angela E. Vessey;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Cytotoxic T cells to type A influenza virus; viral hemagglutinin induces A-strain specificity while infected cells confer cross-reactive cytotoxicity.

    H.J. Zweerink;H.J. Zweerink;Brigitte A. Askonas;Dianne Millican;Sara A. Courtneidge

  • Formation of specific antibodies and γ-globulin in vitro. A study of the synthetic ability of various tissues from rabbits immunized by different methods

    Brigitte A. Askonas;J. H. Humphrey

  • The immune response of mice to antigen in macrophages.

    E. R. Unanue;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • A role of macrophages in the stimulation of immune responses by adjuvants.

    Emil R. Unanue;Brigitte A. Askonas;Anthony C. Allison

  • Biosynthesis of immunoglobulins: the separate classes of polyribosomes synthesizing heavy and light chains.

    Alan R. Williamson;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Immunoglobin M biosynthesis. Intracellular accumulation of 7s subunits

    R. M. E. Parkhouse;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Influenza virus-specific cytotoxic T cells in man; induction and properties of the cytotoxic cell.

    A. J. McMichael;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Regulation of house dust mite responses by intranasally administered peptide: transient activation of CD4+ T cells precedes the development of tolerance in vivo.

    Gerard F. Hoyne;Brigitte A. Askonas;Charlotte Hetzel;Wayne R. Thomas

  • Electron microscopic studies of mouse immunoglobulin M; structure and reconstitution following reduction.

    R. M. E. Parkhouse;Brigitte A. Askonas;R. R. Dourmashkin

  • Surface immunoglobulins of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated spleen cells. The behavior of IgM, IgD and IgG.

    A. Bourgois;K. Kitajima;I.R. Hunter;Brigitte A. Askonas

  • Cell cooperation in antibody induction. The susceptibility of helper cells to specific lethal radioactive antigen.

    G. E. Roelants;G. E. Roelants;Brigitte A. Askonas;Brigitte A. Askonas

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Wraith
David C. Wraith University of Birmingham
Alain Townsend
Alain Townsend University of Oxford
Christine Clayton
Christine Clayton Heidelberg University
John L. Fahey
John L. Fahey University of California, Los Angeles
Andrew J. McMichael
Andrew J. McMichael University of Oxford
Michael Sela
Michael Sela Weizmann Institute of Science
Emil R. Unanue
Emil R. Unanue Washington University in St. Louis
Sara A. Courtneidge
Sara A. Courtneidge Oregon Health & Science University
Murray E. Selkirk
Murray E. Selkirk Imperial College London
John J. Skehel
John J. Skehel The Francis Crick Institute

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