Immunologist
Baruj Benacerraf
Venezuelan American immunologist and Nobel laureate.
Baruj Benacerraf Lasry was a Venezuelan and American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self." His colleagues and shared recipients were Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell.
- Born
- 1920-10-29, Caracas, VenezuelaA Friday
- Died
- 2011-08-02, Boston, USAA Tuesday, aged 90
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1920-10-29, Caracas, Venezuela · time unknown, noon chart
America/Caracasthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 5°57′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 3°55′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 29°24′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 6°42′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 8°10′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 12°43′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 21°05′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 1°48′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 13°40′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 8°50′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2011-08-02, Boston, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 10°01′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 19°00′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 1°11′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 6°12′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 29°30′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 9°06′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 12°28′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 4°20′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 0°03′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 5°22′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Baruj Benacerraf was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
