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...
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‘Science Driven by Passion’: 2018 Michelson Prize Winners on How the Award Advanced Their High-Risk/High-Reward Research
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...
Making Life a Little Less Unfair: The Innovative Work of Dr. Gary Michelson’s Foundations
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...
All-Staff Meeting Highlights Medical Research and Impact Investing
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...
Dr. Laura Mackay Science Podcast Feature
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...
Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology
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 2020 Michelson Prizes Ceremony
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,...