Yale Professor Honored by American Society of Microbiology

Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology and molecular, cell, and developmental biology at Yale University, has been selected to receive the 2012 Eli Lilly and Company Research Award from the American Society of Microbiology. Her research focuses on innate viral recognition mechanisms and their link to adaptive immunity.

The award, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize, will be presented next June.

Professor Iwasaki holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.