Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (Илья Ильич Мечников, also known as Eli Metchnikoff, May 16, 1845, Ukraine – July 16, 1916, Paris) was a Russian microbiologist best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system. Mechnikov received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908, for his work on phagocytosis. From [1] (PD notice) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... From [1] (PD notice) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Microbiology (in Greek micron = small and biologia = studying life) is the study of microorganisms, including viruses, prokaryotes and simple eukaryotes. ... Jump to: navigation, search The immune system is the system of specialised cells and organs that protect an organism from outside biological influences. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Phagocytosis (literally, cell eating) is a form of endocytosis where large particles are enveloped by the cell membrane of a (usually larger) cell and internalized to form a phagosome, or food vacuole. ...

Mechnikov was born in a village near Kharkov in the Russian Empire (now Kharkiv, Ukraine), the son of an officer in the Russian Imperial Guard. He went to Kharkov University to study natural sciences, completing his four-year degree in just two years. He then went to Germany to study marine fauna on the small North Sea island of Heligoland and then at the University of Giessen, University of Göttingen and then at Munich Academy. In 1867 he returned to the Russian Empire to the appointment of docent at the new University of Odessa, followed by an appointment at the University of St. Petersburg. In 1870 he returned to Odessa to take up the appointment of Titular Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. Vintage view of Kharkov in the 1890s. ... The term Leib Guard (Russian: ) collectively distinguished military units serving as personal guards of the Emperor of Russia. ... Also known as Kharkov State University or Karazin Kharkiv National University. ... The term natural science as the way in which different fields of study are defined is determined as much by historical convention as by the present day meaning of the words. ... Fauna is a collective term for animal life, as distinct from Flora (plant life) Fauna is an ancient Roman goddess. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Heligoland during World War I. Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun, HÃ¥lilönj) is a small, carfree German island in the North Sea. ... The University of Gießen (Giessen), officially called Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen after its most famous member, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertilizer. ... The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. ... The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) was founded 1808 by Maximilian I of Bavaria in Munich as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1946, the Academy was merged with the schools for arts-and-crafts and applied arts... Jump to: navigation, search A docent (the word being derived from the Latin word docere, meaning to teach) is officially defined as a professor or university lecturer, but the term has been expanded to designate the corps of volunteer guides who staff many of the museums and other educational institutions... Categories: Russia-related stubs | Universities and colleges in Russia | Saint Petersburg ... Jump to: navigation, search ODESSA (German Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen; The Organization of Former SS-Members) was an alleged Nazi-German fugitive network set up towards the end of World War II by a group of SS officers. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in organisms. ...

His first wife, Ludmilla Feodorovitch, suffered from tuberculosis, of which she died in 1873. Her death, combined with other problems, caused Mechnikov to unsuccessfully attempt suicide, taking a large dose of opium. He married again in 1875, and his second wife, Olga, caught typhoid in 1880, causing Metchnikoff to again attempt suicide—this time by injecting himself with relapsing fever, which didn't kill him, but made him very ill. Jump to: navigation, search Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending ones own life. ... Jump to: navigation, search Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ... This is about the disease typhoid fever. ...

In 1882 he resigned his position at Odessa University and set up a private laboratory at Messina to study comparative embryology, where he discovered the phagocytosis after experimenting on the larvae of starfish. Embryology is the subdivision of developmental biology that studies embryos and their development. ... Jump to: navigation, search Phagocytosis (literally, cell eating) is a form of endocytosis where large particles are enveloped by the cell membrane of a (usually larger) cell and internalized to form a phagosome, or food vacuole. ... Larvae are the plural of larva, juvenile form of animals with indirect development. ... NON TECHNICAL AND OF LOW INTELLIGENCE COMPUTER USER CALLING TECH SUPPORT. SEE S.E.C.S. ALSO This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Mechnikov returned to Odessa as director of an institute set up to carry out Louis Pasteur's vaccine against rabies, but due to some difficulties left in 1888 and went to Paris to seek Pasteur's advice. Pasteur gave him an appointment at the Pasteur Institute, where he remained for the rest of his life. Jump to: navigation, search ODESSA (German Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen; The Organization of Former SS-Members) was an alleged Nazi-German fugitive network set up towards the end of World War II by a group of SS officers. ... Jump to: navigation, search Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French microbiologist and chemist. ... Jump to: navigation, search A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produce active immunity to a disease, in order to prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by any natural or wild strain of the organism. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Pasteur Institute (French: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, microorganisms, diseases and vaccines. ...

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• Nobel biography