Patricia Therese Illing, Ph.D.
“Spliced peptides: novel candidates for effective influenza immunity?”
Dr. Patricia Therese Illing of Monash University was awarded a 2018 Michelson Prize for Human Immunology and Vaccine Research for her work involving an innovative new approach for identifying influenza-specific peptide antigens. Dr. Illing was the first to identify spliced peptides during a viral infection.
Her research uses an innovative new approach for identifying influenza-specific peptide antigens with implications for the development of vaccines against both seasonal and pandemic influenza strains.