Michelson Prizes laureates are distinguished scientists that have been recognized for their research and work to chart the future of human health.
Noam Auslander, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2022 Winner
Dr. Noam Auslander is developing an artificial intelligence-based approach to efficiently detects microbial expression in cancer and immune diseases.
Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program | The Wistar Institute
Jenna Guthmiller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2022 Winner
Dr. Jenna Guthmiller’s successful proposal will map the preexisting human B cell repertoire within the draining lymph nodes of the upper and lower respiratory tract that bind and respond to next-generation influenza vaccines.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Immunology & Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Romain Guyon, Ph.D., The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2022 Winner
Romain Guyon uses a novel microfluidics system to generate biodegradable particles that can deliver priming and booster vaccines as a single injection.
Ph.D., The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
Brittany Hartwell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2022 Winner
Dr. Brittany Hartwell’s winning proposal uses a strategy of ‘albumin hitchhiking’ to promote mucosal immunity using an intranasal vaccine.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering | University of Minnesota
Paul Bastard, M.D., Ph.D.
Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology | 2022 Grand Prize Winner
The COVID Human Genetic Effort recruited patients with all clinical outcomes, ranging from silent infection to lethal disease. Dr. Paul Bastard and his team searched for both inborn errors of immunity (IEI) and auto-immune phenocopies of these IEIs.
Postdoctoral Research, Imagine Institute (University of Paris and INSERM) | Rockefeller University (New York, USA)
Lisa Wagar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology | 2022 Finalist Winner
Dr. Lisa Wagar and her team recently developed an immune organoid platform derived from primary tonsil tissues, a lymph node-like secondary lymphoid tissue, to support in vitro analysis of human adaptive immunity.
Wagar Lab | Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine
