Fred Ramsdell became the ninth UCLA alumnus to receive the Nobel Prize Monday.  Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology from UCLA in 1987, received the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine alongside Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi – who hail from the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington, and Osaka University in Japan – for discoveries related to immune regulation.  The trio helped uncover how the gene Foxp3 directs the development of regulatory T cells –  specialized immune cells that prevent the body from becoming overactive and attacking its own tissues, according to the scientific journal Nature. Read more...

Photo: The Molecular Sciences building, which houses the department of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, is pictured. Fred Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology from UCLA, received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for his work related to immunology. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)