Jenna Guthmiller first learned about immunology growing up on her family’s dairy farm, where her parents showed her the importance of vaccines to an animal’s health. “The idea that a dead or weakened version of a pathogen could provide protection against something...
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Michelson Prizes – Next Generation Grants: Advancing Immunology and Vaccine Innovation
This program features the recipients of the Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants, an international prize that supports early-career researchers who are applying disruptive concepts and inventive processes to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and...
The Next Generation of Global Health Innovators: Michelson Prize Winners Announced
Los Angeles/New York City — The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project award Dr. Noam Auslander, Dr. Jenna Guthmiller, Romain Guyon, and Dr. Brittany Hartwell with the Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants. The $150,000...
Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing mRNA Technology
Maintaining mRNA’s momentum will require continued investment, effective collaboration, and philanthropic contributions, Dr. Thomas Conlon of Michelson Philanthropies said on a panel at the Milken Institute’s Future of Health Summit. Hundreds of medical experts...
Dr. Gary K. Michelson Returns to USC Michelson Center As It Celebrates Five Years
The USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its opening in 2017. Dr. Gary K. Michelson recently visited the center to learn about the latest research being conducted with state-of-the-art equipment. The USC...
Milken Institute Future of Health Summit: The Future of the mRNA Revolution
Michelson Philanthropies' Chief Scientific Officer Thomas Conlon joins the 2022 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit alongside a panel of vaccine development and biomedical experts to discuss the potential and advancements of mRNA. Messenger RNA, or mRNA, has been...
Celebrating Science Journalism in Memphis
Michelson Philanthropies attended the Science Writers conference in Memphis, Tennessee, and honored two journalists for winning a prestigious medical science reporting award. By Justin Chapman Michelson Philanthropies celebrated science journalism in Memphis,...
Dr. Michelson: To Be a Successful Inventor, Deconstruct the Status Quo
The DaVinci Hour's Episode 32 podcast with Dr. Maxwell Cooper features Dr. Gary Michelson discussing his physician-inventor career, funding early-career scientific investigators, and a new center for immunology research in California. In this DaVinci Innovators+...
Michelson Prizes Winner Says Support Early-Career Researchers to ‘Build the Future of Science’
In a recent Science podcast, Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology recipient, Dr. Paul Bastard discussed his groundbreaking research on COVID deaths and advocated for increased funding for young scientists. By Justin Chapman Supporting...
New Grant to Help Develop ‘Forever Implants’ Technology
The research at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience includes collaborators from USC Keck and Stanford. By Ben Paul As implant technology improves and the American population continues to age, the number of people living with implants has grown....
Michelson Philanthropies SciTalks: Progress in Vaccine Development
At the Keystone Symposia 2022 SciTalks conference: Progress in Vaccine Development for Infectious Diseases, Michelson Philanthropies celebrated this year's winners of its Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants and Michelson Philanthropies and Science Prize for...
Progress in Vaccine Development for Infectious Diseases
Michelson Prizes 2021 recipients were honored at the Keystone Symposia Conference: Progress in Vaccine Development for Infectious Diseases. Michelson Philanthropies celebrated this year's winners of its Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants and Michelson...