Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2023 Winner

As a Clinical Scholar, Dr. Schaefer-Babajew will study the effects of passively administered neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies on subsequent adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in healthy adult volunteers.

Rockefeller University - Clinical Scholar, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology

Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2023 Winner

Dr. Ding’s proposed research seeks to develop a combined vaccine for the leading viral and bacterial agents that cause infant diarrhea.

Washington University - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology

Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2023 Winner

Dr. Otero’s research involves creating an effective vaccine for CY-TO-MEGLO-VIRUS or CMV. CMV is related to viruses that cause chickenpox, herpes simplex, and mononucleosis.

Weill Cornell Medical College, Postdoctoral Associate in Pediatrics

Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology | 2024 Grand Prize

Dr. Bingxu Liu’s research focuses on Protons being the new first responders to danger: Human STING’s newfound function as a channel expands our understanding of immunity.

Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology | 2024 Finalist

Dr. Gabriele Casirati’s research focuses on new gene-editing approaches to enhance targeted immunotherapies for hematological malignancies. 

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology | 2024 Finalist

Dr. Carla Nowosad’s research focuses on how B cells make decisions in the complex microenvironment of the intestine.

Department of Pathology, Langone Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA