Niels K. Jerne

Nobel Lecture

The Generative Grammar of the Immune System

Niels K. Jerne held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1984, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Hans Wigzell of the Karolinska Institutet.

The Generative Grammar of the Immune System

Niels K. Jerne held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1984, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Hans Wigzell of the Karolinska Institutet.

Read the Nobel Lecture
Pdf 220 kB

Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 1984

From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1981-1990, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Jan Lindsten, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993

To cite this section
MLA style: Niels K. Jerne – Nobel Lecture. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Wed. 14 May 2025. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1984/jerne/lecture/>

Back to top Back To Top Takes users back to the top of the page

Nobel Prizes and laureates

Nobel Prizes 2024

Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.

See them all presented here.

Illustration

Explore prizes and laureates

Look for popular awards and laureates in different fields, and discover the history of the Nobel Prize.