Our focus is immunology, because we believe that no other biomedical discipline has greater implications for human health than immunology. By unraveling the complexities of the immune system, LJI researchers are directly tackling an extraordinarily diverse array of diseases, which together account for more than two-thirds of all deaths in the U.S. each year. Such diseases include type 1 diabetes, cancer, COVID-19, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, asthma, allergies, influenza, dengue fever, and many other illnesses. La Jolla Institute is home to four research centers that focus the efforts of collaborative groups of researchers on defined areas of inquiry, to accelerate progress toward the development of new treatments and vaccines to prevent and cure autoimmune conditions, cancer, and infectious disease, and to uncover the largely unexplored sex-specific variables in immune responses. LJI is host to three national databases that give biomedical researchers free access to the world’s largest collection of epitopes and related scientific data and provide insights into how genes act within the immune system to set it in motion. Life without Disease is a pursuit that requires a continually expanding understanding of the immune system, and the ability to translate knowledge and discoveries developed in scientific research into technologies that improve life and health. Learn more at https://www.lji.org
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
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Dedicated to understanding the intricacies and power of the immune system; striving toward a Life Without Disease ®.
About us
"Sometimes in science there are so many people trying to answer the same question that it's good to stray off in another direction," Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D., LJI Professor. "Taking the road less traveled can bring its voyagers to unexpected - and even groundbreaking - new territory." The La Jolla Institute The La Jolla Institute for Immunology is a non-profit medical research institute dedicated to increasing knowledge and improving human health through studies of the immune system. Our essential purpose is to expand our understanding of how the immune system works and to discover the causes of immune system disorders. The knowledge gained through our biomedical research can, in turn lead to the prevention, treatment and cure of a wide range of human diseases. What is immunology? Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune response. The immune response is the defense system of the body carried out by white blood cells against microbial threats such as a virus infection. Since immunology has an effect on every organ system in our body, there is no biomedical discipline that has greater implications for improving human health. Where is LJI? The La Jolla Institute is located in the University of California San Diego's Science Research Park in a world-class facility covering 145,000 square feet. Our space provides an open laboratory setting that encourages La Jolla Institute for Immunology's highly collaborative research environment.
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https://www.lji.org
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- Research Services
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- 201-500 employees
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- La Jolla, CA
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- Nonprofit
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- 1988
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9420 Athena Circle
La Jolla, CA 92037, US
Employees at La Jolla Institute for Immunology
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🎢 Life as a research tech can be a roller coaster! LJI's Patrick Kennedy shares his unique experience as the first member of the Myers Lab at LJI, starting as an #intern and carving out his path through the ups and downs. https://lnkd.in/guynmH5v #careerpath #research #chemistry #chemicalmods #massspec #immunology
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An excellent new talk from LJI postdoc Priyanka Saminathan, Ph.D., on why women are more likely to develop Alzheimers disease can be found below. Thank you Fleet Science Center for featuring these important findings on #SexBasedDifferences in the immune system. #SharpMindsLectureSeries #WomensHealth #Health #Aging #Alzheimers https://lnkd.in/d9Gagf5M
Why Are Women More Likely to Develop Alzheimer’s Disease? - Priyanka Saminathan, Ph.D.
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We are proud to share that TIME Health has named Carolee Lee, LJI Board Member and founder of Women's Health Access Matters (WHAM), to the #TIME100Health, recognizing her as one of the top 100 most influential people in global health. Her mission is to break down gender bias in medicine and advocate for investments in research involving and differentiating women. Learn more about how she’s working to accomplish this: https://lnkd.in/evTxyjJp #TIME100 #3not30 #Health #WomensHealth
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Alison Tarke, formatasi all'Università di Genova e ora ricercatrice post-dottorato presso l'Istituto di Immunologia di La Jolla, in California, ha ricevuto dal MAECI il premio "Science, she says" (ed. 2024) come riconoscimento del suo lavoro per rafforzare i legami tra scienziati in Italia e negli Stati Uniti. 👉👉 https://lnkd.in/deZQQSj3 The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has named Alison Tarke, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), the North American winner of the “Science, She Says! Award” (ed. 2024) in recognition of her work to strengthen ties between scientists in Italy and the United States. This award is given to an early career, female scientist each year. 👉👉 https://lnkd.in/dEHmBA8X #UniGe #UniGenova #UniGeStories La Jolla Institute for Immunology #immunology #LaJolla Gilberto Filaci Alessandro Sette
Da UniGe al La Jolla Institute for Immunology: Alison Tarke premiata dal MAECI
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Congratulations to LJI Postdoc Alison Tarke, Ph.D., the North American winner of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation's “Science, She Says! Award!” Tarke established important U.S.-Italy research collaborations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s really amazing to be at the beginning of my career and to have already worked with so many impressive leaders in science who also happen to be Italian,” says Tarke. https://lnkd.in/gVWX7M7S Alessandro Sette Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Università degli Studi di Genova #COVID19 #immunology #collaboration
LJI scientist Alison Tarke honored by Italian government
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Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology have created crucial databases and analysis tools used around the world. Learn how these vital resources may help stop the next pandemic: https://lnkd.in/gDjfxM7h #Science #STEM #SanDiego #Immunology #ImmuneSystem #Health #Medicine #DataScience #CompBio #DataAnalysis #SARSCoV2
Data in the real world
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How do immunologists use artificial intelligence? LJI Assistant Professor Tal Einav, Ph.D., shares brief look at how #AI and #MachineLearning can help us beat disease: https://lnkd.in/gz-kK5dD #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #Health #Science #VaccineResearch #InfectiousDisease #Immunology
How immunologists use artificial intelligence
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Congratulations to three LJI researchers who have won funding through the Prebys Foundation’s “Prebys Research Heroes” Program, which celebrates female scientists pursuing “high-risk, high-reward” research projects and supports critical #health research through #diversity and #inclusion in science. LJI Professor, President & CEO Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., MBA, LJI Associate Professor Sonia Sharma, Ph.D., and LJI Professor Sujan Shresta, Ph.D., will each receive two-year grants totaling $500,000. Thank you, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, for supporting DEI and groundbreaking #ImmuneSystem research at La Jolla Institute for Immunology! Read more: https://lnkd.in/gYXa5zJX
LJI scientists win ‘Prebys Research Heroes’ funding
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In our cells, molecules called phosphate groups are constantly attaching to—or detaching from—proteins. These “post-translational modifications” alter how our proteins function. Recently, LJI researchers have shared a new, rapid method for studying post-translational modifications. “We can now do this functional testing for 10,000 or more phosphorylation sites at a time,” says LJI and Global Autoimmune Institute Assistant Professor Samuel Myers, Ph.D. This method is a major leap forward for scientists investigating how proteins do their jobs in the immune system. “This method basically creates an entire new kind of world of experiments that people can do,” adds Myers. #MassSpec #BioChemistry #NatureMethods #proteins #translational #immunesystem https://lnkd.in/g8yzyiAd
Researchers reveal how protein modifications power T cells
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