CAREER: Structure-Aware Protein Language Models for Decoding Immune Recognition — NSF Award to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount S
The immune system protects the body by recognizing abnormal cells and infectious threats, yet the molecular rules that allow immune cells to distinguish dangerous targets from healthy cells remain poorly understood. This project will develop new computational approaches to better understand immune recognition, a fundam
| Award title | CAREER: Structure-Aware Protein Language Models for Decoding Immune Recognition |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2542232 |
| Awardee | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| City | NEW YORK |
| State | NY |
| Amount obligated | $204,412 |
| Principal investigator | Diego Chowell |
| Program | FET-Fndtns of Emerging Tech |
| Start date | 07/01/2026 |
| Abstract | The immune system protects the body by recognizing abnormal cells and infectious threats, yet the molecular rules that allow immune cells to distinguish dangerous targets from healthy cells remain poorly understood. This project will develop new computational approaches to better understand immune recognition, a fundamental problem in biology with broad relevance to health, cancer immunotherapy, autoimmunity, and future biomedical discovery. The project will also advance computing by developing |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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