Michelson Prizes laureates are distinguished scientists that have been recognized for their research and work to chart the future of human health.
Avinash Das Sahu, Ph.D.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2019 Winner
Dr. Sahu is building novel artificial intelligence, deep-learning frameworks to devise new therapeutic strategies for cancer immunotherapy, with potential applications to human immunology.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Data Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Sahu Laboratory , The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kamal Mandal, Ph.D.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2019 Winner
Dr. Mandal is developing new technologies that identify the shape of proteins that could provide new targets for cancer immunotherapy, with potential applications to other diseases.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Murad Mamedov, Ph.D.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2019 Winner
Dr. Mamedov is using gene-editing technologies to create a new platform for understanding an important set of immune cells that may provide the keys to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infectious and noncommunicable diseases such as cancer.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Patricia Therese Illing, Ph.D.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2018 Winner
Dr. Patricia Illing’s work involves a new approach for identifying influenza-specific peptide antigens with implications for the development of vaccines against both seasonal and pandemic influenza strains.
Research Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Laura Kate Mackay, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2018 Winner
Dr. Laura Mackay’s research will examine immune responses by tissue resident memory T cells to harness their protective functions to improve vaccines and immunotherapies.
Laboratory Head and Senior Lecturer, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne
Ansuman Satpathy, M.D., Ph.D.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | 2018 Winner
Dr. Satpathy’s research aims to identify key gene regulatory mechanisms that trigger protective immunity following vaccination using novel epigenomic sequencing technologies applied directly to patient samples.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine
