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bruce karolinska , solna beutler at the nobel prize press conference at chicago , illinois 200px american immunology university of texas southwestern medical center 29 december 1957 barbara children -rrb- lanzl -lrb- c. 1979-1988 ; divorced ; 3 2011 nobel prize in physiology or medicine nobel prize 2011-press conference ki-dsc 7512.jpg bruce beutler
 bruce beutler university diego of chicago , university of california , san
bruce beutler

bruce alan beutler -lrb- born december 29 , 1957 -rrb- is an american immunologist and geneticist .
together with jules a. hoffmann , he received one-half of the 2011 nobel prize in physiology or medicine , for `` their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity '' -lrb- the other half went to ralph m. steinman for `` his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity '' -rrb- .
beutler is currently director of the center for the genetics of host defense at the university of texas southwestern medical center in dallas , texas .
