Jan Vilček, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jan Vilček

Slovak immunologist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1933

Place of Birth: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Profession: immunologist

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jan T.
Vilcek M.D., Ph.D.
(born June 17, 1933) is a biomedical scientist, educator, inventor and philanthropist.
He is a professor in the Department of Microbiology at the New York University School of Medicine, and Chairman and CEO of The Vilcek Foundation. Vilcek, a native of Bratislava, Slovakia, (then part of Czechoslovakia) received his M.D.
degree from Comenius University Medical School, Bratislava in 1957; and his Ph.D.
in Virology from the Institute of Virology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1962.
In 1964, Vilcek, with his wife Marica, defected from Communist Czechoslovakia during a three-day visit to Vienna.
In 1965, the Vilceks immigrated to the United States, and have since lived in New York City.
Vilcek devoted his scientific career to studies of soluble mediators that regulate the immune system (cytokines), including interferon and tumor necrosis factor (TNF).