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Tak Wah Mak Wikipedia

Tak Wah Mak (?????????) (born October 4, 1946) is a Canada|Canadian immunologist, molecular biologist, and academic. He is the co-discover of the t-cell receptor, a key component of the immune system.

Born in China, he received a B.Sc. in biochemistry in 1967 and a MSc in biophysics in 1968 from the University of Wisconsin. He received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Alberta in 1971.

He is the director of the Advanced Medical Discovery Institute and the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research. He is also the senior scientist, division of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Advanced Medical Discovery Institute/Ontario Cancer Institute. Since 1984, he has been a Professor in the Departments of Medical Biophysics and Immunology at the University of Toronto.

In 1986, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1989, he was awarded the Gairdner Foundation International Award. In 2000, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1990, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's McLaughlin Medal. In 1994, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 2002, he was elected as a foreign associate to the National Academy of Sciences in the discipline of immunology.

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