**Nobel Winner Goes Off-Grid; Committee Unable to Trace Him**
*By Dwaipayan Roy | October 7, 2025, 4:22 PM*
Fred Ramsdell, one of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, is currently unreachable as he embarks on an off-the-grid hiking trip. Ramsdell, along with Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi, was honored for their groundbreaking research on the immune system. However, his digital detox has made it impossible for the Nobel committee and his colleagues to get in touch with him.
### Colleague Confirms Ramsdell’s Unavailability
Jeffrey Bluestone, co-founder of Sonoma Biotherapeutics and a friend of Ramsdell, confirmed that the researcher is currently unreachable. Bluestone mentioned that he has been trying to contact Ramsdell but believes he might be backpacking in the remote backcountry of Idaho.
Similarly, the Nobel committee also faced challenges reaching Mary Brunkow, who, like Ramsdell, is based on the US West Coast—nine hours behind Stockholm. While the committee eventually managed to contact Brunkow, Ramsdell remains out of reach.
### Nobel Committee’s Efforts to Connect
Thomas Perlmann, Secretary General of the Nobel committee, shared that they have been actively trying to establish contact with all the winners. He requested that the laureates return the committee’s calls whenever possible. Though Brunkow responded, Ramsdell’s current off-grid status has made communication difficult.
### Award-Winning Research Opens New Medical Horizons
The trio received the Nobel Prize for their pioneering research that identified regulatory T-cells as the “security guards” of the immune system. This discovery has initiated a whole new field of study and paved the way for innovative treatments that are now undergoing clinical trials.
The foundational discovery was made by Sakaguchi in 1995, with Ramsdell and Brunkow contributing key findings in 2001. Their collective work continues to influence immunology and holds promise for future therapeutic advancements.
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