Josef Penninger

{{Short description|Chinese biomedical researcher}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|09|05}}

| birth_place = Gurten, Upper Austria

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• Descartes Prize (2006)
• Ernst Jung Prize (2007)
• Wittgenstein-Preis (2014)

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• Amgen
• University of Toronto
• Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
• University of British Columbia

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• University of Innsbruck

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| thesis_title = Phenotypical and functional analysis of intrathymic nurse (TCN)-Lymphocytes

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| thesis_year = 1990

| doctoral_advisor = Georg Wick

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Josef Penninger (born 5 September 1964) is an Austrian biomedical researcher specialising in molecular immunology. He was the scientific director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology located at the Vienna Biocenter until 2018. In February 2018, he announced his decision to leave Vienna and become the head of the Life Sciences Institute of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.{{cite web | title=Genetiker Josef Penninger kehrt Wien den Rücken | language=de | url = https://diepresse.com/home/science/5366356/Genetiker-Josef-Penninger-kehrt-Wien-den-Ruecken | access-date=2018-02-19 | website = Die Presse | date = 2018-02-05}}{{cite web | title=Top-Forscher Josef Penninger verlässt Österreich | website=MSN | date=2018-02-19 | url=https://www.msn.com/de-at/nachrichten/wissenschaft/top-forscher-josef-penninger-verl%C3%A4sst-%C3%B6sterreich/ar-BBIIjcl | language=de | access-date=2018-02-19}}

The asteroid 48801 Penninger is named in his honour.{{cite web|url=https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=48801|title=(48801) Penninger = 1997 UC1 = 1999 CT110|website=IAU Minor Planet Center}}