Norwegian Society for Immunology prize to Stian Foss
Researcher Stian Foss from Jan Terje Andersen's research group at the Department of Immunology got the Norwegian Society forImmunology prize for the best research article published in 2024.
Foss received the prize at the 42nd Annual Meeting and General Assembly of the Norwegian Society for Immunology, Nov 29.
The article was published in March 2024 in Nature Communications and describes new Fc technology that may be broadly applicable in antibody design of new therapeutics with enhanced half-life and mucosal distribution.
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Complete original news article from PRIMA - a Center of Excellence in Precision Immunotherapy funded by the Research Council of Norway, hosted by the University of Oslo, with Oslo University Hospital as partner:
NSI research award to Stian Foss (prima.uio.no)
The award-winning article:
Foss S, Sakya SA, Aguinagalde L, Lustig M, Shaughnessy J, Cruz AR, Scheepmaker L, Mathiesen L, Ruso-Julve F, Anthi AK, Gjølberg TT, Mester S, Bern M, Evers M, Bratlie DB, Michaelsen TE, Schlothauer T, Sok D, Bhattacharya J, Leusen J, Valerius T, Ram S, Rooijakkers SHM, Sandlie I, Andersen JT (2024)
Human IgG Fc-engineering for enhanced plasma half-life, mucosal distribution and killing of cancer cells and bacteria
Nat Commun, 15 (1), 2007
DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-46321-9, PubMed 38453922
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