Professor, President & CEO Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., MBA, is a leader in infectious disease research and has dedicated her career to bringing scientists together to face the toughest health threats.
Our Focus Is Immunology
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, such as asthma, cancer, CoVID-19, type 1 diabetes, Parkinson’s, and many others.
At La Jolla Institute for Immunology, every day, our discoveries move the world closer to Life Without Disease.
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.
Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation
Enabling our experts to take a deep dive into the complexity of the immune system.
Center for Cancer Immunotherapy
At the forefront of exploring new and sometimes unexpected avenues for novel immune-based cancer treatments.
Center for Vaccine Innovation
Conducting fundamental research on how the body reacts to vaccines and battles infections.
Center for Sex-based Differences in the Immune System
Uncovering sex-specific variables in immune responses to provide personalized treatments for disease.
Our Impact
Research Services
Technological innovation and scientific advances are intricately linked and that is why La Jolla Institute puts a big emphasis to provide a first-rate scientific infrastructure and easy access to the latest technology. LJI’s scientific core facilities provide faculty, researchers and students with access to an array of state-of-the-art equipment, technologies, training and expertise to support innovative research. The Institute’s small size allows LJI researchers to interact closely with highly trained experts working in the research support services and to quickly adjust technical applications to the requirements of individual labs.
Our research services include: Bioinformatics, Clinical Studies, Cryo-EM, Flow Cytometry, Histopathology, Immunometabolism, Microscopy & Histology, and Next Generation Sequencing.
For more information on accessing our core facilities, please contact our Core Facilities Administrator.
Latest News
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LJI and Synbal, Inc. scientists develop new tool for pandemic preparedness
LJI Professor Sujan Shresta wins new funding to investigate dengue and chikungunya virus vaccines
Shresta and her LJI colleagues work toward pandemic preparedness as members of the national 'ReVAMPP' network
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Seminars
09
Oct, 2024
12:00 pm
"Modulating cytokine signaling networks to control persistent viral infections and cancer"
Speaker: John Teijaro, PhD - Professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla Institute - Ishizaka Seminar Room
06
Nov, 2024
12:00 pm
"How big time series data change the way we see health."
Speaker: Benjamin Smarr, PhD - Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UCSD.
La Jolla Institute - Ishizaka Seminar Room