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Michelson Prize Finalist Dr. Gabriele Casirati Makes Cancer Immunotherapies Safer through Genetic Engineering
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Michelson Prize Finalist Dr. Gabriele Casirati Makes Cancer Immunotherapies Safer through Genetic Engineering

Now a postdoctoral fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, Casirati began working on ways to use gene editing to improve bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients – research that led to his being named a finalist for the 2024 Michelson Philanthropies and Science Prize for Immunology.

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Michelson Prize Finalist Dr. Carla Nowosad’s Research Explores How Bacteria and Antibodies Coexist in the Gut
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Michelson Prize Finalist Dr. Carla Nowosad’s Research Explores How Bacteria and Antibodies Coexist in the Gut

Dr. Nowosad set out to discover how immune cells in the intestine maintain a balance between the body and its bacteria – research that led to her being named a finalist for the 2024 Michelson Philanthropies and Science Prize for Immunology.

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Coordinating the War on Pathogens: Dr. Bingxu Liu’s Research on Immune Proteins Wins 2024 Michelson Prize
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Coordinating the War on Pathogens: Dr. Bingxu Liu’s Research on Immune Proteins Wins 2024 Michelson Prize

His discovery of how certain proteins help the immune system fight pathogens led to his award for the 2024 Michelson Philanthropies and Science Prize for Immunology. Along with the $30,000 prize, Liu’s essay describing his research appears in the print and online editions of Science.

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Breakthrough Discoveries  in Human Immunology – Michelson Philanthropies and Science/AAAS Award Transformative Research 

Breakthrough Discoveries  in Human Immunology – Michelson Philanthropies and Science/AAAS Award Transformative Research 

Michelson Philanthropies and AAAS/Science announce the recipients of the 2023 Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology.

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Pioneering a New Era of Intranasal Vaccinations: Dr. Brittany Hartwell’s Research is Recognized with 2022 Michelson Prize 
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Pioneering a New Era of Intranasal Vaccinations: Dr. Brittany Hartwell’s Research is Recognized with 2022 Michelson Prize 

Engineered to bypass mucosal barriers and improve mucosal uptake, Dr. Brittany Hartwell's intranasal vaccine promises stronger immune responses and immunity.

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Oxford Researcher Romain Guyon Receives Michelson Prize for Work on Single-dose Rabies Vaccine
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Oxford Researcher Romain Guyon Receives Michelson Prize for Work on Single-dose Rabies Vaccine

Romain Guyon, a Ph.D. student at the University of Oxford, is currently researching a single-dose vaccination against a disease that is widely-known, but mistakenly perceived as having little impact on human health

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Artificial Intelligence Meets Immunology: Dr. Noam Auslander, 2022 Michelson Prize Recipient, Brings a New Approach to Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
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Artificial Intelligence Meets Immunology: Dr. Noam Auslander, 2022 Michelson Prize Recipient, Brings a New Approach to Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Dr. Noam Auslander’s work in artificial intelligence and immunology was born out of indecision. “I double majored in computer science and biology because I liked both and could not decide.”

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Unlocking the Secrets of Immunity: Meet Dr. Jenna Guthmiller, 2022 Michelson Prize Recipient and Influenza Vaccine Innovator
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Unlocking the Secrets of Immunity: Meet Dr. Jenna Guthmiller, 2022 Michelson Prize Recipient and Influenza Vaccine Innovator

Jenna Guthmiller first learned about immunology growing up on her family’s dairy farm, where her parents showed her the importance of vaccines to an animal’s health. “The idea that a dead or weakened version of a pathogen could provide protection against something that would otherwise make the animals sick was fascinating to me,” says Guthmiller.

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The Next Generation of Global Health Innovators: Michelson Prize Winners Announced
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The Next Generation of Global Health Innovators: Michelson Prize Winners Announced

The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project award Dr. Noam Auslander, Dr. Jenna Guthmiller, Mr. Romain Guyon, and Dr. Brittany Hartwell with the Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants.

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Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing mRNA Technology
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Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing mRNA Technology

Maintaining mRNA’s momentum will require continued investment, effective collaboration, and philanthropic contributions, Dr. Thomas Conlon of Michelson Philanthropies said on a panel at the Milken Institute’s Future of Health Summit.

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Progress in Vaccine Development for Infectious Diseases
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Progress in Vaccine Development for Infectious Diseases

Michelson Philanthropies celebrated this year's winners of its Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants and Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology during a Keystone Symposia conference: Progress in Vaccine Development for Infectious Diseases. Watch the full event.

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The Case for Supporting Early-Career Researchers to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Find Cures

The Case for Supporting Early-Career Researchers to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Find Cures

Today is the International Day of Immunology, a global celebration of immunology and an opportunity to educate the general public about the important role immunologists play. The three recipients of the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology presented their groundbreaking work in a recent virtual award ceremony.

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Groundbreaking Early-Career Scientists Present Research Proposals During the 2021 Michelson Prizes Ceremony

Groundbreaking Early-Career Scientists Present Research Proposals During the 2021 Michelson Prizes Ceremony

The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project awarded the 2021 Michelson Prizes to Dr. Camila Consiglio of Karolinska Institutet, Dr. Rong Ma of Emory University, and Dr. Nicholas Wu of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during a recent virtual ceremony hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laurie Garrett.

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Dr. Lisa Wagar: Immune Reponses to Viruses and Vaccines

Dr. Lisa Wagar: Immune Reponses to Viruses and Vaccines

Dr. Lisa Wagar, a finalist for the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize, researches translational human immunology and the use of organoids to understand the complex interactions that occur between immune cells upon vaccination and infection in humans.

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Inaugural Recipient of the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology Explores Disparity of COVID Severity

Inaugural Recipient of the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology Explores Disparity of COVID Severity

On February 24, Michelson Philanthropies and AAAS/Science awarded Dr. Paul Bastard with the inaugural Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology, a $30,000 grant for transformative research in human immunology, for his work on COVID severity.

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