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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, now one of Australia's most distinguished and revered scientists, begins his research career at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

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

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

Sir Gustav was born in Austria and moved to Australia as a child in He Sir Gustav was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in , won the Albert.

Gustav Nossal studied medicine at the University of Sydney from where he earned a BSc (Med) in and a B Medicine and Surgery in

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.

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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