Maternally-acquired Zika immunity can increase dengue disease severity in mouse pups
LA JOLLA, CA—To say that the immune system is complex is an understatement: an immune response protective in one context
Global immunoprofiling effort reveals multifunctional T cell response during Zika infection
LA JOLLA, CA—When a massive Zika virus outbreak swept through South and Central America and the Caribbean in 2016, thousands
Celebrating 30 years of working toward life without disease
LA JOLLA, CA—Since its inception 30 years ago, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) has solely dedicated itself to understanding
LJI investigators discover how protein pair controls cellular calcium signals
LA JOLLA, CA—All mammalian cells need a ready supply of calcium ions to execute functions as diverse as neurotransmission, muscle
La Jolla Institute receives $ 4.5 mill Cancer Moonshot award
LA JOLLA, CA—Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and UC San Diego have been awarded $ 4.5 million
From Cause to Cure:Striking the right chord in type 1 diabetes research
A highlight reel from Dr. Matthias von Herrath’s Life Without Disease Lecture on October 4, 2018.
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Up and Coming: Sara McArdle, PhD
When the first prototype designed to follow immune cells in the arteries of living mice failed, Sara McArdle, Ph.D., nabbed
Immunoprofiling
The composition of an immune system varies not just from person to person, but over time—shifting as our health changes,
Q&A with Dr. Matthias von Herrath
When Novo Nordisk, a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Denmark and best known for its diabetes products, wanted to reinvigorate
Turnstone Biologics and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology Enter into Strategic Collaboration for Personalized Neoantigen Immunotherapies
Turnstone Planning to Initiate Phase I/II Clinical Trial Utilizing Personalized Neoantigen Therapy with Proprietary MG1 Viral Platform in 2019 NEW
Researchers find elusive source of most abundant immune cell
LA JOLLA, CA—Neutrophils—short-lived, highly mobile and versatile—outnumber all other immune cells circulating through the blood stream. Yet, despite the cells’