Emil Skamene, CQ FRSC (27 August 1941 – 3 October 2024) was a Canadian immunologist and medical researcher.

Early life

Skamene was born in Buczacz, Poland (now part of Ukraine).[1] Many of his family members were killed in Nazi death camps, but he escaped and was adopted by a Czech family. He received his MD and PhD from Charles University in Prague before carrying out post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School and later McGill University.[1]

Research career

Skamene was the Director of Research for the McGill University Health Centre, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, and a Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Human Genetics, and the Institute of Parasitology.

In 2005, he was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the National Order of Quebec. In 2001, he was awarded the Prix Armand-Frappier. In 1997, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Skamene died in Hudson, Quebec on 3 October 2024, at the age of 83.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gros, Philippe; Schurr, Erwin (2025). "Emil Skamene (1941–2024)". Nature Genetics. 57 (1): 1–1. doi:10.1038/s41588-024-02028-7. ISSN 1061-4036.
  2. ^ "Emil Skamene - October 3, 2024". mountroyalcem.com. Retrieved 10 November 2024.


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