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Colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (teal) found within an infected cell (brown), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
  • Research News

LJI scientists lead new mpox research

San Diego scientists investigate how immune cells combat rapidly spreading mpox strain
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Photo of Onyeka Chukwudozie using a pipette in a lab setting
  • Behind the Science

Onyeka Chukwudozie receives Curci Ph.D. Fellows Award to advance Lassa virus vaccines

Chukwudozie establishes international collaborations to investigate how antibodies fight Lassa virus
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  • In the News

Shane Crotty: A Landmark Study on Upper Airway Mucosal Immunity

Optimism for Nasal Vaccines for Covid and Other Respiratory Pathogens
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Portrait photo of Shane Crotty, Ph.D. He is sitting and smiling at the camera
  • Research News

LJI scientists capture immune cells hidden in nasal passages

LJI scientists pioneer new method for measuring immune memory and SARS-CoV-2 responses in the upper airway
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Photo of Adam Abawi posed between two framed journal covers. The cover on the left is for Cell Host and Microbe. The cover on the right is for Current Protocols.
  • Behind the Science

Meet an artist behind eye-catching scientific journal covers

LJI Research Technician Adam Abawi uses graphic design to capture scientific concepts
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  • Behind the Science

San Diego students bring art and immune system research together

Local high school students win top honors in LJI competition
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  • Research News

A promising weapon against measles

Researchers at LJI and Columbia University uncover exactly how a neutralizing antibody blocks measles virus infection
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Photo for an LJI-hosted seminar titled "Measles virus Fusion protein and antibody inhibition," presented by Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., MBA, of La Jolla Institute for Immunology
  • Videos

Measles virus Fusion protein and antibody inhibition – Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., MBA

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are taking a closer look at how measles virus fuses with cells
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Photo portrait of Sydney Ramirez, M.D., Ph.D. Ramirez is standing outside the LJI building and smiling at the camera
  • Institute News

Sydney Ramirez receives prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award

Ramirez brings a doctor's perspective to infectious disease research
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  • Research News

New research points to ‘stem-like’ T cells as culprits in ulcerative colitis

LJI scientists zero in on T cells that may drive autoimmune disease in human patients
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Portrait photo of Daniela Weiskopf. Weiskopf is standing outside and smiling at the camera
  • Institute News

Daniela Weiskopf appointed LJI Assistant Professor

The Weiskopf lab studies how the body battles emerging viruses to prepare for pandemic threats
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Graphic for LJI-hosted seminar titled "Origins and diversity of human bone marrow plasma cells," presented by Duane Wesemann, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School
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Origins and diversity of human bone marrow plasma cells – Duane Wesemann, M.D., Ph.D.

In this seminar, Dr. Duane Wesemann, MD, Ph.D., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, presents new research
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