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 cytomegalovirus 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