A leader in allergy research retires
LJI Professor Emeritus Toshiaki Kawakami, M.D., Ph.D., uncovered the molecular underpinnings of allergy, tumor responses, and more
Stopping lung damage before it turns deadly
LA JOLLA, CA—If you’ve ever struggled to breathe, you’ve had a moment of hypoxia—a lack of oxygen. Hypoxia can have
Amazing mucosa
“The whole mucosal immune system is so fascinating. It has to operate in an environment of extremes.”
Role of T cell in allergy and Asthma
Selected References Grégory Seumois, Ciro Ramírez-Suástegui, Benjamin J. Schmiedel, Shu Liang, Bjoern Peters, Alessandro Sette, Vijayanand P (2020). Single-cell
Allergy
Cockroach Allergy: The Sette lab is working to identify the sites on allergen molecules that trigger an inflammatory immune response.
PKCq
PKC enzymes play critical roles in the differentiation and proliferation of many cell types, including T cells, and in the response to diverse stimuli.
Vijayanand Lab
Pandurangan Vijayanand,
M.D., Ph.D.
William K. Bowes Distinguished Professor
Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Center for Sex-based Differences in the Immune System
Pandurangan Vijayanand, M.D., Ph.D., and his lab members employ genomics tools to understand, diagnose and treat pulmonary disease such as asthma, lung cancer and infectious diseases, including the novel coronavirus.
Peters Lab
Bjoern Peters,
Ph.D.
Professor
Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Center for Vaccine Innovation
Bjoern Peters, Ph.D., and his lab members are focused on the development of computational tools to address fundamental questions in immunology.
Sette Lab
Alessandro Sette,
Dr.Biol.Sci.
Professor
Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation - Director, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Center for Vaccine Innovation
Alessandro Sette, Dr.Biol.Sci., defines in chemical terms the specific structures (epitopes) that the immune system recognizes and uses this knowledge to measure and understand immune responses.
LJI scientists uncover immune cells that may lower airway allergy and asthma risk
LA JOLLA—The world is full of house dust mites. Do some cleaning, and you’ll probably stir some up. While everyone
Q&A with Alessandro Sette, Dr. Biol. Sci.
Raised in Rome, Italy, in a family of lawyers, Dr. Sette started his science career as a young boy in
La Jolla Institute awarded renewal of NIH contract to continue its role as host of Immune Epitope Database
LA JOLLA, CA—La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) has been awarded a $22 million contract renewal over seven years from