To make science accessible, clear, concise communication is essential. The Antibody Society thus offers our student and post-doctoral fellow members a chance to grow this skill through a Science Writing Competition. Entrants submitted essays of 1200 – 1500 words on a topic related to antibody research that were evaluated by our panel of judges. The winning essays can be accessed via the links below.
2025 Science Writing Competition winners:
Alex Muller Bort (Technical University of Denmark, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona)
Essay title: Game over for viruses: how Pokémon-like nanobodies can defeat future pandemics
Connor Thompson (University of British Columbia (UBC)
Essay title: A Different Kind of Magic Bullet: The Case for Host-Directed Antibody Therapies as Antivirals
2024 Science Writing Competition winners:
Igor García Atutxa (Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain)
Essay title: “Dark Times in Microscopic Earth: The Immunological Epic Against the Dark Forces of Infection”
William Levy (Seabury Hall College Prep School, Maui, HI, USA)
Essay title: “Including Antibodies in Cancer Treatment”
2023 Science Writing Competition winners:
Dr Zack Saud, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Essay title: “On the Origins of Antibodies: Natural and Man-made”
Rodrigo García Valiente, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Essay title: Antibodies, those party poopers
2024 Science Writing Competition winners:
Dr. Finn Wolfreys, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Essay title: Antibody Discovery’s Diversity Problem
Alexander Brown, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
Essay title: Immunity in a Deck of Cards
2021 Science Writing Competition winners:
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Dr. Monica Fernández-Quintero, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Matthew Thomas, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Essay title: Saint Peregrine and the programmable bacilli: Nanobodies and the bacteria that make them.
In 2021, we also selected one entrant for honorable mention, in recognition of their creative writing and bold use of a literary style:
Dr. Finn Wolfreys, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Essay title: A Short Biography of Antibodies
