Örjan Ouchterlony
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Örjan Thomas Ouchterlony (January 14, 1914, Stockholm – September 25, 2004) was a Swedish bacteriologist and immunologist who is credited with the creation of the Ouchterlony double immuno diffusion test in the 1940s. He was trained at
Karolinska Institute The Karolinska Institute (KI; ; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally ...
, where his received his medical doctorate. He worked at Sweden's State Bacteriology Laboratory from 1935 to 1952. (The cover of the May 1986 issue pictures Professor Ouchterlony and an Ouchterlony plate.) Ouchterlony was a professor of
bacteriology Bacteriology is the branch and specialty of biology that studies the Morphology (biology), morphology, ecology, genetics and biochemistry of bacteria as well as many other aspects related to them. This subdivision of microbiology involves the iden ...
at the Medical Faculty of
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from 1952 to 1980 and was elected a member of the
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in 1968. In addition to his laboratory work, he did research in field epidemiology of infectious diseases and worked and lectured in Africa and the United States, as well as in several countries in Europe. Upon his retirement in 1980, the successor to his professorial chair was Jan Holmgren.


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Swedish bacteriologists Swedish immunologists Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg Karolinska Institute alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1914 births 2004 deaths Scientists from Stockholm {{Sweden-scientist-stub