{"id":7576,"date":"2023-05-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org\/en\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2023-05-10T09:26:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T07:26:29","slug":"award-winner-redefining-the-field-of-immunological-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org\/en\/2023\/05\/10\/award-winner-redefining-the-field-of-immunological-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Award winner redefining the field of immunological memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

10 May 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s winner of the LEO Foundation Award in Region Asia-Pacific is Professor Laura Mackay from The University of Melbourne in Australia, whose contributions to our understanding of T cells and their relevance for immunological memory have been groundbreaking.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year it is Professor Laura Mackay who is Laboratory Head and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Immunology Theme Leader at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, Australia, who wins the LEO Foundation Award for Region Asia-Pacific. Her momentous work within the field of immunological memory earns her the award worth USD 100,000, as she continues to build upon her own research shedding light on how tissue-resident T cells provide first-line defense against infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LEO Foundation Award hopes to provide a boost to talented and inspiring young researchers\u2019 careers and in doing so strengthen the pipeline of aspiring and excellent dermatological investigators. There is little doubt that Laura Mackay provides an exciting example of the heights that such young talents can reach. The LEO Foundation is proud to be supporting her influential research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T cells and their relevance for immunological memory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only does Laura Mackay\u2019s research plan to continue the development of an impactful field, but she has also been a key part of defining this field. With her work on tissue-resident T cells, Laura Mackay has changed scientific understanding that immune memory is not exclusively controlled by elements found in the blood, but also by a population of permanently resident T cells found at the body\u2019s surfaces. Laura Mackay has demonstrated that these T cells are key for combatting both infection and cancer, and now aims to discover common genes and molecular pathways that drive the tissue-resident memory T cell fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Mackay is honored to be recognized for her research:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The LEO Foundation’s work to highlight young skin researchers will greatly support our teams’ pursuit to understand the role of memory T cells in the skin. It is an honor to be recognized for this award among the talented pool of researchers across the Asia-Pacific region and to be afforded the opportunity to champion skin immunology research.”<\/em><\/p>Laura Mackay<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Laura Mackay represents great potential for the field of immunological memory, and Chief Scientific Officer at the LEO Foundation, Anne-Marie Engel, is excited that the Foundation can support her work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At the LEO Foundation we are proud to support the research of Laura Mackay into how T-cells contribute to the body’s immune system memory, not only in the blood, but also at the body’s surfaces. We have no doubt this can lead to more groundbreaking discoveries in the future.”<\/em><\/p>Anne-Marie Engel<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n