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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2003 - American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2003 - AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1994 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 1993 - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Philippa Marrack is affiliated with National Jewish Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's work extensively covers the study of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including clinical research studies, immunotherapy and immune responses, as well as T-cell and B-cell immunology. Further main topics include immune cell function and interaction, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, and monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research.

Frequent publication venues for Marrack comprise bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell Research, Frontiers in Immunology, and mAbs.

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Marrack include:

  • The basis of a more contagious 501Y.V1 variant of SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Cell Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern and Variants of Interest Receptor Binding Domain Mutations and Virus Infectivity, 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • 501Y.V2 and 501Y.V3 variants of SARS-CoV-2 lose binding to bamlanivimab in vitro, 2021, mAbs
  • Lysosomal cathepsin creates chimeric epitopes for diabetogenic CD4 T cells via transpeptidation, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • The Lambda variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a better chance than the Delta variant to escape vaccines, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent co-authors include John W. Kappler, Haolin Liu, Pengcheng Wei, Katja Aviszus, and Gongyi Zhang.

Awards that Philippa Marrack has received over their career include:

  • Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), 2019
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2008
  • AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2003
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1997
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, 1994
  • Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, 1993
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1989

Best Publications

  • T cell tolerance by clonal elimination in the thymus

    John W. Kappler;Neal Roehm;Philippa Marrack

  • The staphylococcal enterotoxins and their relatives

    Philippa Marrack;John Kappler

  • The Vβ-specific superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B: Stimulation of mature T cells and clonal deletion in neonatal mice

    Janice White;Andrew Herman;Ann M. Pullen;Ralph Kubo

  • Characterization of the Murine Antigenic Determinant, Designated L3T4a, Recognized by Monoclonal Antibody GK 1.5: Expression of L3T4a by Functional T Cell Clones Appears to Correlate Primarily with Class II MHC Antigen‐Reactivity

    D. P. Dialynas;D. B. Wilde;P. Marrack;A. Pierres

  • Antigen-inducible, H-2-restricted, interleukin-2-producing T cell hybridomas. Lack of independent antigen and H-2 recognition

    John W. Kappler;Barry Skidmore;Janice White;Philippa Marrack

  • Self-tolerance eliminates T cells specific for Mls-modified products of the major histocompatibility complex

    John W. Kappler;Uwe Staerz;Janice White;Philippa C. Marrack;Philippa C. Marrack

  • Interaction of Staphylococcus aureus toxin "superantigens" with human T cells.

    Yongwon Choi;Brian Kotzin;Lynne Herron;Jill Callahan

  • Normal development of mice deficient in beta 2M, MHC class I proteins, and CD8+ T cells

    Beverly H. Koller;Philippa Marrack;John W. Kappler;Oliver Smithies

  • The major histocompatibility complex-restricted antigen receptor on T cells. I. Isolation with a monoclonal antibody.

    K Haskins;R Kubo;J White;M Pigeon

  • Type I Interferons Keep Activated T Cells Alive

    Philippa Marrack;John Kappler;Tom Mitchell

  • Towards an understanding of the adjuvant action of aluminium

    Philippa Marrack;Amy S. McKee;Michael W. Munks

  • Superantigens: Mechanism of T-Cell Stimulation and Role in Immune Responses

    Andrew Herman;John W. Kappler;Philippa Marrack;Ann M. Pullen

  • Control of Homeostasis of CD8+ Memory T Cells by Opposing Cytokines

    Chia Chi Ku;Masaaki Murakami;Akemi Sakamoto;John Kappler

  • Characterization of a monoclonal antibody which detects all murine alpha beta T cell receptors.

    R T Kubo;W Born;J W Kappler;P Marrack

  • Antigen recognition by H-2-restricted T cells. I. Cell-free antigen processing.

    R Shimonkevitz;J Kappler;P Marrack;H Grey

  • Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7)–driven accumulation of a novel CD11c+ B-cell population is important for the development of autoimmunity

    Anatoly V. Rubtsov;Kira Rubtsova;Aryeh Fischer;Richard T. Meehan

  • Vβ-specific stimulation of human T cells by staphylococcal toxins

    John Kappler;Brian Kotzin;Lynne Herron;Erwin W. Gelfand

  • Superantigens and their potential role in human disease.

    Brian L. Kotzin;Donald Y.M. Leung;John Kappler;John Kappler;Philippa Marrack;Philippa Marrack

  • An animal model of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): CD8+ T cells and interferon gamma are essential for the disorder.

    Michael B. Jordan;David Hildeman;John Kappler;Philippa Marrack

  • The role of the T cell receptor in positive and negative selection of developing T cells

    Marcia A. Blackman;John W. Kappler;Philippa Marrack

  • The antigen-specific, major histocompatibility complex-restricted receptor on T cells. VI. An antibody to a receptor allotype.

    K Haskins;C Hannum;J White;N Roehm

  • A role for clonal inactivation in T cell tolerance to Mls-1a.

    Marcia A. Blackman;Hans Gerhard-Burgert;David L. Woodland;Ed Palmer

  • Erratum: A role for clonal inactivation in T cell tolerance to Mls-1 a

    Marcia A. Blackman;Hans-Gerhard Burgert;David L. Woodland;Ed Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Kappler
John W. Kappler National Jewish Health
Janice White
Janice White Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Laurent Gapin
Laurent Gapin University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
David A. Hildeman
David A. Hildeman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ralph T. Kubo
Ralph T. Kubo Johns Hopkins University
Brian L. Kotzin
Brian L. Kotzin University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Ross M. Kedl
Ross M. Kedl University of Colorado Boulder
Kathryn Haskins
Kathryn Haskins University of Colorado Denver
Marcia A. Blackman
Marcia A. Blackman Trudeau Institute
John C. Cambier
John C. Cambier University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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