Letter From the President - Spring 2020
In my many years of doing research in immunology, including 16 years as President and Chief Scientific Officer, there has
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Featured in this issue
Outbreak Alert: Coronavirus
Most coronaviruses usually cause the common cold, but, as happened with the SARS virus in 2003 and the MERS virus
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Up and Coming: Marco Orecchioni, Ph.D.
Postdoc’s exploration of olfactory receptor function could lead to therapies to prevent atherosclerosis. When 16-year-old Marco Orecchioni, Ph.D., abandoned his
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Q&A with Klaus Ley, M.D.
IF FINDING A WAY TO PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS ONE OF THE HOLY GRAILS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, PROFESSOR LEY MAY
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Know Your Enemies
They help us digest food, balance our immune system, and keep our hearts and brains healthy. But harmful viruses and
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The power of mentoring
If you want to know the power of mentoring to transform lives, look no further than a wonderful relationship that
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ILLUMINATION: 21st Century Interactions with ART + SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY
Just like art that forces us to see the world in new ways, science has changed our view of ourselves,
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Past issues
Fall, 2021
Erica Ollmann Saphire takes the helm
As the new President and CEO of La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), Dr. Saphire aims to bring together the best researchers to address the biggest question out there: Why does a person get sick?
Spring, 2021
Learning from men. Learning from women.
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.
Fall, 2020
The World Goes Crazy Around You
An oral history of how LJI scientists came together against COVID-19
Fall, 2019
When Friend Becomes Foe
Inside the body’s defense system – and how it goes haywire in autoimmune diseases
Spring, 2019
Data Don't Scare 'Em
The contents of the Immune Epitope Database (IEDB) are shocking. The free, searchable site is home to data from more than 1.6 million immunology experiments, making it a one-stop shop for understanding and predicting the body’s response to viruses, bacteria, cancer, allergens, and more.
Summer, 2018
Immunoprofiling
The composition of an immune system varies not just from person to person, but over time—shifting as our health changes, as we encounter different viruses and bacteria, and as we age. Within that variability lies important clues to improving human health…