Örjan Thomas Gunnarsson Ouchterlony

Studentexamen vid Norra Latin i Stockholm 1932. Studier vid Karolinska institutet. Med.lic. 1942. Militärbakteriolog i Finland 1940-42. Med.dr 1949. Laborator vid Statens Bakteriologiska Laboratorium 1949. Tf professor i Göteborg 1951. Professor i bakteriologi vid Göteborgs universitet 1952-80. Tjänstgjorde vid Harvard Medical School and Massachusets General Hospital 1954, WHO Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad, Indien 1959, Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, Ostpakistan 1968, University of Montana, Missoula 1972, Mwanza Medical Research Centre, Tanzania, 1985, Med. hedersdoktor, Helsingfors universitet 1990. LVS, KVA, NVS.

Studentexamination at the Norra Latin School in Stockholm 1932. Medical studies at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. Military bacteriologist in Finland 1940-42. Med lic 1942. Med dr 1949. Head of department at the Swedish State Bacteriology Laboratory 1949. Acting professor in Gothenburg 1951. Professor of bacteriology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Gothenburg 1952-1980. Lectured at Harvard Medical School and Massachusets General Hospital 1954, WHO Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad, India 1959, Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, East Pakistan 1968, University of Montana, Missoula 1972, Mwanza Medical Research Centre, Tanzania, 1985, Honorary MD at the University of Helsinki 1990. Member of the Swedish Academy of Science and other scientific bodies and recipient of many honours..

Invented the "Ouchterlony plate", a technique for the identification of antigens and antibodies, by measurement of diffusion gradients in gel.