LJI-led team wins top Nucleate honors for virus vaccine development proposal
LA JOLLA, CA—A San Diego team, led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), has won the top
LA JOLLA, CA—A San Diego team, led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), has won the top
LA JOLLA, CA—Zika virus has a trick up its sleeve. Once inside the body, the virus likes to make a
Men and women have different immune systems. With a better understanding of sex-specific immune differences, scientists can more effectively fight infections, cancers, heart disease, and even pregnancy complications.
As she advances global health, LJI Professor Sujan Shresta takes on three new research projects to support equity for scientists in South and Southeast Asia
LA JOLLA—Studying the immune system means venturing into uncharted territory, leading explorations of the countless immune cells and genetic players
LA JOLLA—Where Aedes mosquitoes fly, Zika virus may not be far behind. Although the explosive 2015–2016 Zika epidemics in the
Sujan Shresta, Ph.D., and her team study the immunology and virology of mosquito-borne human pathogens such as dengue virus and Zika virus.
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.
LA JOLLA—Every year, more than 68,000 people end up with a clinical case of Japanese encephalitis. One in four of
Raised in Rome, Italy, in a family of lawyers, Dr. Sette started his science career as a young boy in
Thanks to climate change, very little now stands in the way of dengue and Zika virus continuing to spread outside