Below is a complete listing of all of the Laureates who have won The Seymour & Vivian Milstein Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research. Click any Laureate's picture or name to view more details about that individual.
Dr. Gijs Versteeg has identified and characterized small-molecules that activate antiviral responses and could
someday be used to fight viral infections.
Dr. Ole Hamming is determining how the protein, Interleukin 21, interacts with its receptor. This protein
plays an important role in immune system maturation and function.
Dr. Volker Fensterl is investigating a family of proteins that are involved in the host defense against viral
infection and how these proteins may function in an organ specific manner.