title: Recognition for an innate explorer.
abstract: On June 5, 2013, Ruslan Medzhitov received the Else Kröner-Fresenius Immunology Award. This recognition goes to an individual who has had such an influence on basic and medical immunology that it is almost difficult to recall a time before his discoveries were made. But in reality, that time was not long ago. To mark this celebratory event, I highlight the conceptual revolution spurred by his work, which continues to inspire excitement today.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jonathan.kagan@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kagan
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity; D000818:Animals; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D051193:Toll-Like Receptors