‘A Call to Action’: Dr. Peter Kuhn of USC Michelson Center Visits White House to Help Launch President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative

‘A Call to Action’: Dr. Peter Kuhn of USC Michelson Center Visits White House to Help Launch President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative

by | Feb 16, 2022 | Michelson Medical Research Foundation, News, Stories, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience

The Biden administration is shooting for the moon when it comes to fighting cancer, which remains the second leading cause of death in the United States.     By Justin Chapman The Biden administration is shooting for the moon when it comes to fighting...
2021 Michelson Prizes Recipient Dr. Rong Ma Views Personalized Cancer Research and Rock Climbing as Puzzles She Needs to Solve

2021 Michelson Prizes Recipient Dr. Rong Ma Views Personalized Cancer Research and Rock Climbing as Puzzles She Needs to Solve

by | Feb 1, 2022 | Michelson Medical Research Foundation, Michelson Prizes, News, Stories

2021 Michelson Prizes recipient Dr. Rong Ma says the award will serve as a catalyst to provide the freedom she needs to advance her research. By Justin Chapman In her spare time, when she’s not studying mechanotechnology and the mechanical forces in the immune system...
2021 Michelson Prizes Recipient Dr. Camila Consiglio Explores Differences Between the Sexes to Develop More Targeted Vaccines

2021 Michelson Prizes Recipient Dr. Camila Consiglio Explores Differences Between the Sexes to Develop More Targeted Vaccines

by | Jan 27, 2022 | Michelson Medical Research Foundation, Michelson Prizes, News, Stories

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...
2021 Michelson Prizes Recipient Dr. Nicholas Wu Takes on Lifelong Quest to Understand How the Immune System Responds to the Flu

2021 Michelson Prizes Recipient Dr. Nicholas Wu Takes on Lifelong Quest to Understand How the Immune System Responds to the Flu

by | Jan 26, 2022 | Michelson Medical Research Foundation, Michelson Prizes, News, Stories

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...