which australia won a nobel prize for immune defence research
Peter C. Doherty Peter Charles Doherty, FRS AC FMedSci (born 15 October 1940)[1] is an Australian veterinary surgeon and researcher in the field of medicine. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel[4] in 1996 and was named Australian of the Year in 1997.[5] In the Australia Day Honours of 1997, he was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his work with Zinkernagel.[6] He is also a National Trust Australian Living Treasure.[7] In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Doherty's immune system research was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an iconic "innovation and invention".[8]