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                                                     Contact: Marguerite Beck

	Charlottesville, Va., July 31 --John C. Herr, professor of cell 
biology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, was awarded the 
Munksgaard Award by the American Society for Reproductive Immunology at the 
Sixth International Congress of Reproductive Immunology held in Washington, 
D.C., in July.
	The award is presented annually to a distinguished investigator in 
the field of reproductive immunology. Herr received recognition for his work 
on understanding the mechanism by which the immune system recognizes sperm 
cells and for his record of training young scientists in the field of 
reproductive biology, according to the Society.
	Herr serves as the director of the Center for Recombinant Gamete 
Contraceptive Vaccinogens at U.Va. The center is working to isolate and test 
sperm and egg molecules that might be candidates for making a contraceptive 
vaccine.
	He is also director of the Lymphocyte Culture Center, a facility for 
making monoclonal antibodies.
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                                                      Release on Receipt





                                                      Contact: Marguerite Beck

	Charlottesville, Va., July 31 --John C. Herr, professor of cell 
biology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, was awarded the 
Munksgaard Award by the American Society for Reproductive Immunology at the 
Sixth International Congress of Reproductive Immunology held in Washington, 
D.C., in July.
	The award is presented annually to a distinguished investigator in 
the field of reproductive immunology. Herr received recognition for his work 
on understanding the mechanism by which the immune system recognizes sperm 
cells and for his record of training young scientists in the field of 
reproductive biology, according to the Society.
	Herr serves as the director of the Center for Recombinant Gamete 
Contraceptive Vaccinogens at U.Va. The center is working to isolate and test 
sperm and egg molecules that might be candidates for making a contraceptive 
vaccine.
	He is also director of the Lymphocyte Culture Center, a facility for 
making monoclonal antibodies.
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                                                July 31, 1995