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Statement on Governor Newsom’s Proposed Budget Allocation to Support the Establishment of the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy
LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2022 – Gary K. Michelson, M.D., founder and co-chair of the Michelson Center for Public Policy and the Michelson Medical Research Foundation, today issued a statement following the announcement of Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal to...
Boosting Science is a Good Investment
Congress still has an opportunity to meet the moment and make a once-in-a-generation investment in science and innovation with new funding that will bring major economic returns while bolstering our competitiveness in the international knowledge marketplace. ...
Dr. Nicholas Wu Takes on Lifelong Quest to Understand How the Immune System Responds to the Flu
Dr. Nicholas Wu’s research has the potential to shift the paradigm of antibody discovery and characterization. Dr. Wu attempts to interpret the complexity of the human antibody repertoire, by establishing a sequence-based approach for epitope prediction.
Dr. Rong Ma Views Personalized Cancer Research and Rock Climbing as Puzzles She Needs to Solve
Dr. Rong Ma’s research provides a pathway for using the mechanical forces involved in the human immune system to identify and predict immune responses. Her research could greatly advance vaccine development and personalized cancer treatment.
Dr. Camila Consiglio Explores Differences Between the Sexes to Develop More Targeted Vaccines
Dr. Camila Consiglio offers a novel approach to understanding differences in human immune responses between sexes by studying a unique cohort of people: individuals undergoing sex-re-assignment therapy.
Immunology Prize Recipient Dr. Paul Bastard Studies Why People Die from COVID
Dr. Paul Bastard of the Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Institut Imagine, INSERM & University of Paris, and The Rockefeller University, New York, received the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Grand Prize for his outstanding essay “Why do...
Immunology Award Finalist Dr. Lisa Wagar Deciphers Immune Responses to Viruses and Vaccines
Dr. Lisa Wagar's research deciphers the immune responses to viruses and vaccines using human tonsil organoids. Dr. Wagar received a BSc from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and a PhD from the University of Toronto. After completing her postdoctoral...
The Case for Supporting Early-Career Researchers to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Find Cures
For the International Day of Immunology, we highlight the important work of early-career immunologists with the Michelson Prize. By Justin Chapman As Michelson Philanthropies’ Co-chair, Dr. Gary K. Michelson often says, understanding the human immune system is...
Immunology Prize Finalist Dr. Scott Biering on Flavivirus Protein as a Target for Vaccines
Dr. Scott Biering's research reveals how a conserved flavivirus protein holds potential as a target for versatile vaccines and therapies. Dr. Biering received undergraduate degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the...
USC’s New Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Facility Officially Opens for Business
Scientists and representatives from USC, Amgen, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and noteworthy academic institutions gather at the cryo-EM facility’s home in the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience. By Darrin S. Joy USC’s new cryogenic electron...
Groundbreaking Early-Career Scientists Present Research Proposals During the 2021 Michelson Prizes Ceremony
The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project awarded the 2021 Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants to Dr. Camila Consiglio of Karolinska Institutet, Dr. Rong Ma of Emory University, and Dr. Nicholas Wu of the University of Illinois at...