The Inventor of the Year team conducted research that led to diagnostic tests for antibodies to COVID-19. (Standing) Florian Krammer, PhD, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, left, and Carlos Cordon-Cardo, MD, PhD, Irene Heinz Given and John LaPorte Given Professor and Chair of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine. (Seated, from left) Daniel Stadlbauer, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Fatima Amanat, Graduate Assistant; Adolfo Firpo-Betancourt, MD, Professor of Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine; Viviana Simon, MD, PhD, Professor of Microbiology; Ania Wajnberg, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine; and Damodara Rao Mendu, PhD, Director of Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine.
Individuals and teams from the Mount Sinai Health System were honored for advances in biomedical research, technology, and medicine at the sixth annual Mount Sinai Innovation Awards ceremony, a virtual event held Tuesday, December 8, 2020.
Mount Sinai Innovation Partners (MSIP) presented the award for Inventor of the Year to an eight-member team led by renowned virologists and pathologists, whose efforts led to the development of multiple diagnostic tests for the detection of antibodies against the COVID-19 spike protein—the principal target of neutralizing antibodies.
The Innovation Awards also honored winners of the Faculty Idea Prize, the 4D Technology Development Award; the KiiLN Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Award; and the Trainee Innovation Idea Award.
The event, which can be viewed here, was hosted by: SINAInnovations, MSIP, the Office of Faculty Development, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Department of Medical Education, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, the Graduate Medical Education Office, and the Keystone for Incubating Innovation for Life Sciences Network (KiiLN).