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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.
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.
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.
Michelson Prize Finalist Dr. Joshua Tan’s Research Explores the Power of Monoclonal Antibodies to Treat Diseases
Dr. Joshua Tan, a finalist for the 2023 Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology, is working towards identifying powerful monoclonal antibodies to combat diseases like COVID-19.
