Jonathan Sprent

{{Short description|Australian immunologist}}

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| nationality = Australian

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| alma_mater = Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

| doctoral_advisor = Jacques Miller

| fields = immunology

| workplaces = Garvan Institute of Medical Research

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| known_for = T cells

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| awards = Taylor Prize {{small|(1995)}}
{{nowrap| AAI Lifetime Achievement Award {{small|(2005)}} }}

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Professor Jonathan Sprent, {{postnominals|FRS}}, is an Australian immunologist. His research has focused on the formation and activation of T cell leukocytes, and methods to overcome T cell-mediated rejection of transplanted tissue.{{cite web | title=Jonathan Sprent | website=Royal Society | date=12 August 2015 | url=https://royalsociety.org/people/jonathan-sprent-12332/ | access-date=14 August 2018}}

Awards

:1995: J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine

:1998: Fellow of the Royal Society

:2003: Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture

:2006: Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

:2015: American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award{{cite web | title=Professor Jonathan Sprent to receive AAI Lifetime Achievement Award | website=EurekAlert! | date=21 January 2015 | url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-01/giom-pjs012115.php | access-date=19 September 2018}}

:2017: National Academy of Sciences (Immunology)

He is an honorary member of the British Society for Immunology.{{cite web | title=Honorary members | website=British Society for Immunology | url=https://www.immunology.org/about-us/our-people/our-members/honorary-members | access-date=9 October 2018}}

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