The purpose of the Jürg Tschopp Memorial Symposium is to inspire current and future generations of scientists to perform cutting edge research that can be translated to make a difference in patients’ lives in honor of Dr. Tschopp’s legacy.
Each year the Cytokines Conference Co-Chairs, in consultation with the ICIS Executive Committee, will designate one session as the Jürg Tschopp Memorial Symposium and select one speaker to give the Jürg Tschopp lecture.
Jürg Tschopp’s Career and Legacy
Of particular relevance to the cytokine society is Tschopp’s discovery of the inflammasome complex, a protein complex that coordinates the production of the inflammatory cytokines IL-1 and IL18 which propagate the inflammatory response. “In a scientific tour de force, Tschopp’s laboratory showed that the tender, swollen joints and excruciating pain associated with gout are caused by uric-acid crystals activating the inflammasome. Based on these findings, Tschopp persuaded the clinical-rheumatology group at the University of Lausanne to conduct human trials using IL1RA, to block IL1 one of the cytokines driving inflammation downstream of the inflammasome, now a treatment for gout. The results were stunning. Patients enjoyed almost immediate, dramatic and prolonged relief.” From Vishva Dixit, Genentech
JÜRG TSCHOPP was awarded the 2008 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for his pioneering work in the fields of cell death and inflammation. He uncovered the key role played in these two processes by the Fas and inflammasome protein assemblies.
OBITUARY| Cell Volume 145, Issye 4, P493-494, MAY 13, 2011, Jürg Tschopp 1951–2011, Richard A. Flavell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2011.04.027
Nature Volume 472, page 296 (2011) Published: 13 April 2011
Jürg Tschopp (1951–2011), Vishva Dixit
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2011.04.027
Science Vol 332, issue 6030, page 679 Published May 2011
Jürg Tschopp (1951–2011), Luke A. O’Neill
Congratulations to the Jürg Tschopp Memorial Symposium Speakers
