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2024 in Review: Supporting Innovative Research and Driving Impact in Immunology
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the many moments that made this year so special—moments that wouldn’t have been possible without the scientists, collaborators, and supporters who share our vision for advancing medical science.
Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize Winners Present Award-Winning Research at Keystone Symposia
The event, titled "Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology Awards: Breakthrough Discoveries in Human Immunology," welcomed Grand Prize recipient Bingxu Liu and finalists Carla Nowosad and Gabriele Casirati. During the panel, the three winning investigators presented their groundbreaking research in human immunology and responded to viewers' questions.
Usha Lee McFarling To Receive 2024 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting
Usha Lee McFarling, national science correspondent at STAT, has been selected to receive the 2024 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting.
Historic $120M Gift to UCLA: A Message from Alya & Gary Michelson
Immunology – the study of the human immune system – holds extraordinary potential to unlock the mysteries of the human body, revolutionize healthcare in ways we can only begin to imagine, and help all of humanity on a fundamental, molecular level.
UCLA receives $120 million from Alya and Gary Michelson for new California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy
UCLA has received a $120 million commitment from surgeon and inventor Dr. Gary Michelson and his wife Alya Michelson to kickstart the California Institute for Immunology & Immunotherapy
Michelson Medical Research Foundation Panel at UNCF UNITE Summit: Experts Call for Greater Investment in HBCU Research to Advance Health Equity
At the UNCF UNITE Summit for Black Higher Education, experts call for greater investment in HBCU research to advance health equity.
Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize 2024 ePanel Awards | Keystone Symposia
The live ePanel event will feature this year's Grand Prize winner Bingxu Liu, and Finalists Carla Nowosad and Gabriele Casirati, who represent cutting edge research across innate immune sensing and protection, adaptive memory and surveillance and targeted cancer immunotherapies.
CIII Founders to Elevate Immunology at LABEST Twenty24™
On Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 8:20 am, Arie Belledegrun, Eric Esrailian, Dr. Gary K. Michelson, and Owen Witte will discuss UCLA Research Park’s California Institute for Immunology & Immunotherapy (CIII) at LABEST Twenty 24™.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants ePanel Features Rising Stars In Immunology & Vaccine Innovation
On May 14, 2024, Keystone Symposia will host a live ePanel event featuring the recipients of the Michelson Prizes: Next-Generation Grants, an international prize that provides $150,000 in funding to young investigators at a time in their careers when it is most difficult to secure funding for innovative work.
Applications Open for 2024 Michelson Prizes: $150,000 Grants Available to Immunology Innovators
The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project have opened the 2024 Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants application period.
Dr. Claire Otero Awarded Michelson Prize for Proposal to Develop Cytomegalovirus Vaccines
Dr. Otero says the Michelson grant will allow her to develop the rabbit model to test her vFcR vaccine candidates, which she hopes will eventually lead to clinical trials.
Dr. Gary K. Michelson and Alya Michelson Receive 2024 Humanitarian Award at the World Brain Mapping Foundation’s 21st Annual Gathering for Cure Awards
Dr. Gary K. Michelson and Alya Michelson received the 2024 Humanitarian Award at the World Brain Mapping Foundation’s 21st Gathering for Cure (GFC) Awards Gala at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
Dr. Dennis Schaefer-Babajew Seeks to Understand How Antibodies Respond to Vaccine Boosters with 2023 Michelson Prize
Dr. Dennis Schaefer-Babajew, a physician-scientist and clinical scholar at Rockefeller University, studies a concept called antibody feedback. When the body encounters a vaccine for the first time, its B cells produce a variety of antibodies against molecules in the vaccine known as antigens.
Harnessing Dangerous Pathogens: Dr. Siyuan Ding Awarded ‘Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grant’ to Create Dual Vaccines Against Diarrheal Diseases
For his proposal to design vaccines for diarrheal diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of children per year worldwide, Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project have selected Ding as a recipient of the 2023 Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants.
Michelson Medical Research Foundation and Human Immunome Project Announce 2023 Michelson Prize Laureates
The Human Immunome Project (HIP) and Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) have awarded Dr. Siyuan Ding (Washington University in St. Louis), Dr. Claire Otero (Weill Cornell Medicine), and Dr. Dennis Schaefer-Babajew (Rockefeller University) the Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants, the organizations announced today.
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.
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.
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.
2024 Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology Awarded for Groundbreaking Research on STING’s Role in Immune Response
Dr. Bingxu Liu has been awarded the 2024 Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology for his work in furthering the understanding of how the human immune system senses dangerous invading pathogens.
California Governor, Education, and Research Leaders Announce California Institute for Immunology & Immunotherapy to be Based at New UCLA Research Park
CIII’s future home in West Los Angeles was announced on January 3, 2024, by California Governor Gavin Newsom, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, University of California President Michael Drake, and other leaders at the new UCLA Research Park, which is being built on the site of the former Westside Pavilion, two miles east of the UCLA Medical Center.
