Featured in this issue

Letter From the President - Spring 2020

Outbreak Alert: Coronavirus

Up and Coming: Marco Orecchioni, Ph.D.

Q&A with Klaus Ley, M.D.

Know Your Enemies

The power of mentoring

ILLUMINATION: 21st Century Interactions with ART + SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY
Past issues

The World Goes Crazy Around You
An oral history of how LJI scientists came together against COVID-19

When Friend Becomes Foe
Inside the body’s defense system – and how it goes haywire in autoimmune diseases

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.

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…

Vaccines
As they peel away the complex layers that form the human immune system, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology are revealing a fascinating path to a new generation of powerful vaccines they believe will soon turn the tide against some of the world’s deadliest diseases, including cancer and heart disease.

Attacking Asthma
Unless you have experienced an asthma attack first-hand or know someone who has, you may believe asthma is simply a disease that makes it hard to breathe.