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Australian research biologist (born 1931)

Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal (born 4 June 1931) is an Austrian-born Australian research biologist.

He is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance.

Sir Gustav Nossal is an internationally renowned scientist and has been a significant figure in Australia's medical and scientific community.

Sir Gustav Nossal is an internationally renowned scientist and has been a significant figure in Australia's medical and scientific community.

The World Cultural Council presented the Albert Einstein World Award of Science to Prof.

Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal (born 4 June ) is an Austrian-born Australian research biologist.

In , Nossal was honored with the Albert Einstein World Award for Science and in he was named Australian of the Year.

Sir Gustav was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in , won the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in and in was awarded the highly.

Early life and education

Nossal's family was from Vienna, Austria. He was born four weeks prematurely in Bad Ischl while his mother was on holiday. His family left their home town of Vienna for Australia in 1939 following Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria.

As his father's grandparents were Jewish, he was also considered Jewish and at risk of being sent to concentration camps. In an interview with Adam Spencer, Nossal noted that his father was not a professing Jew but of Jewish ethnicity as he had been baptised a Roman Catholic as a child.

He was awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in and in he won the highly prized Koch Gold Medal for major advances in biomedical science.

Nossal remarked that his father "therefore thought that he would be somewhat protected from the Holocaust-type predicament. Of course, he hadn't properly read Mein Kampf. It was