Dynavax Technologies Corp. (DVAX) Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Tim R. Mossman Receives Novartis Prize for Basic Immunology
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Dynavax Technologies has announced that Dr. Robert L. Coffman, the company’s chief scientific officer, and his former collaborator, Dr. Tim R. Mossman, have been awarded the 2013 Novartis Prize for Basic Immunology for their pioneering research defining subsets of immune system T cells that have advanced the understanding of infectious, autoimmune, and allergic diseases. In the 1980s, while working collaboratively at DNAX Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., Coffman and Mossman determined the distinct functions of two T-helper cell subsets: Th1 cells, which play a significant role in cellular immunity that is critical for resistance to infections;…