Dr. Camila Consiglio is monitoring Swedish citizens who are undergoing sex reassignment therapy to study how these sex hormones impact their immune system over time. By Justin Chapman It is well established that men generally mount less robust immune...
Dr. Nicholas Wu is developing a way to systematically identify the targets of hundreds of thousands of antibodies and their binding ability in a single experiment. By Justin Chapman Dr. Nicholas Wu has mapped out his future and understands he’s in it for...
The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project proudly recognize three outstanding early career researchers with the Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants: Dr. Camila Consiglio of Karolinska Institutet; Dr. Rong Ma of Emory University; and...
2020 Michelson Prize Winners Dr. Danika Hill and Dr. Michael Birnbaum say the awards came at transitional points in their careers and enabled them to expand their research scopes and launch new collaborations. By Justin Chapman The Michelson Prizes: Next...
As the Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project gear up to announce the latest winners of the 2021 Michelson Prizes on January 25, the 2019 winners discuss how receiving the prize has been instrumental in advancing their groundbreaking...
As the Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Vaccines Project gear up to announce the latest winners of the 2021 Michelson Prizes on January 25, the 2018 winners discuss how receiving the prize has been instrumental in advancing their groundbreaking...
Michelson Philanthropies is an organizational umbrella overseeing various initiatives and programs, including Michelson 20MM, Michelson Medical Research Foundation, and Michelson Found Animals. By Justin Chapman Veteran journalist Jerry Sullivan recapped the...
Dr. Wayne Koff, founder and CEO of the Human Immunome Project, discusses the origin of the Michelson Prizes, and Phillip Kim, CEO of Michelson 20MM Foundation, provides an update on the organization’s recent impact venture investments that aim to make the world a...
The Importance of Diversity in STEM Dr. Laura Mackay, a 2018 Michelson Prize Winner, discusses the importance of diversity in STEM with Science editor Sean Sanders, Ph.D. Dr. Mackay is a professor and laboratory head at the Peter Doherty Institute at the University of...
The Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology focuses on transformative research in human immunology, with trans-disease applications to accelerate vaccine and immunotherapeutic discovery. This international prize is intended to encourage and...
The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and Human Immunome Project hosted a special 2-hour ceremony with 2020 Michelson Prizes Winners, Dr. Danika Hill (Monash University) and Dr. Michael Birnbaum (MIT). The winners share highlights about their immunology research,...