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Happy birthday to HIPC! This amazing, national collaboration has worked to advance medical research for nearly 15 years! 🎉

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Parkinson's disease is TWICE as common in men. LJI scientists have uncovered a possible reason why— www.lji.org/news-events/... @jclinical-invest.bsky.social @settelab.bsky.social #Parkinsons #Aging #Neuroscience #Immunology

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Great story on collaboration! @danielaweiskopf.bsky.social and Eva Harris and others. #dengue

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We have great speakers at our @lji.org seminar series. Come join!

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LJI faculty member Dr. Daniela Weiskopf and colleagues publish important new #dengue virus findings: bit.ly/4kgWwXs This research comes as dengue-carrying mosquitos expand into new regions, including #SanDiego County. #ImmuneSystem #Immunology #InfectiousDisease @jci-insight.bsky.social

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Come join the Inaugural LEAD day lectureship @lji.org, sponsored by the Global Autoimmune Institute

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#PathogenOfTheWeek: Stopping influenza viruses is key to pandemic preparedness. These viruses evolve incredibly quickly and have found ways to pass from many kinds of animal hosts (birds, swine, etc) to humans. 1/3 🧵 #Immunology #Virology #Antibodies #Health #Medicine

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New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) reveals the workings of a human antibody called mAb 3A6, which may prove to be an important component for #Ebola virus therapeutics. bit.ly/3EXqrn0 #InfectiousDisease #Virology #Antibodies #Viruses

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#Asthma researchers at LJI have developed two therapeutic “cocktails” to stop immune cells from overreacting to allergens bit.ly/4gPeduf #ImmuneSystem #Immunology #Inflammation #Asthma #Allergy #SanDiego

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Congratulations to LJI researcher and @ucsandiego.bsky.social grad student Job Rocha! Rocha has received a BioLegend Fellowship to study a devastating autoimmune disease called primary biliary cholangitis. Learn more: bit.ly/3Qn7cpt #health #medicine #SanDiego #AutoimmuneDisease #Inflammation

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Curious about the latest #virology research? Don't miss this recent episode of The Immunology Podcast — featuring fascinating new research from LJI's Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #Immunology #InfectiousDisease #Measles #Microscopy #CryoEM #health #medicine

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Virus shape matters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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#PathogenOfTheWeek: Here's a closer look at mpox virus, and its cousin, variola virus (which causes smallpox). These viruses are orthopoxviruses—a genus that's been the bane of humankind for thousands of years. 1/3 🧵 #Immunology #Virology #ImmuneSystem #Health #InfectiousDisease

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A huge congratulations to LJI Assistant Prof. Miguel Reina-Campos (@reinacampos.bsky.social) and all the innovative awardees! #immunology #ImmuneSystem #Health #Medicine

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AAI congratulates the 2025 AAI ASPIRE Awardees! This award acknowledges their research accomplishments and professional promise in the field of immunology. Join us to honor them at IMMUNOLOGY2025™: immunology.aai.org.

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No one loves needles, and many injected vaccines require expensive cold storage. AAI members Akiko Iwasaki (@virusesimmunity.bsky.social), Shane Crotty, and Michael Diamond are all working to remove the needle from crucial vaccinations and replace it with a mist. ow.ly/KwJJ50UWZmc

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#PathogenOfTheWeek: Herpesviruses cause an astonishing array of health problems. They are the cause of chickenpox, shingles, and mononucleosis (aka "mono"). A herpesvirus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) is actually the leading cause of congenital birth defects. 🧵1/2 #virology #health #immunology

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Another promising monoclonal antibody for EBOV disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Don't miss a great new episode of The Immunology Podcast, featuring LJI Professor, President, and CEO Erica Ollmann Saphire. Dr. Saphire's research gives us a new window into viral pathogens—and provides a roadmap for to fight back! www.immunologypodcast.com/ep-97-viral-... #virology #health

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An exciting new in vivo delivery strategy to genetically modify T cells in mice by @j-eyquem.bsky.social group at UCSF

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📣 AAI members, get support to present your research! Apply for an AAI Travel Grant for IUIS 2025 by March 5, 2025. Learn more: ow.ly/9EB750UTwvx

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Great article from @nature.com on how the COVID-19 pandemic has advanced our understanding of the immune system — featuring important work led by LJI Prof. Alessandro Sette and colleagues: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Vaccines #Tcells #Antibodies

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LJI scientists and staff are thrilled to be joining the San Diego Science Festival again this year! 🥳 Visit our booth at Petco Park on Mar. 1 to see glowing bacteria, amazing antibodies, and more! www.lovestemsd.org #SanDiego #STEM #Science #Immunology

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Explore immune cell interactions using #spatialproteomics. 💥 This stunning 18-channel image, captured on the Orion™️ by Simon Goldstein, @lji.org, reveals dense immune aggregates within a human lung tumor. View all images from our Calendar Image Contest, rarecyte.com/imagecontest/ #SpatialBiology

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#PathogenOfTheWeek: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) evolved to attack the body's own immune system—and it continues to evolve to evade our immune defenses. 1/2 🧵 #Immunology #Science #STEM #Biology #Health #Medicine #SanDiego #Microbiology #Virology #HIV #AIDS #VaccineResearch #GlobalHealth

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A great summary of our recent study out in @nature.com by @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social - Special shoutout to our co-author and amazingly talented sci-artist Elena Lin for the stunning graphics.

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Really valuable #HIV vaccine findings from our neighbors at @scripps.edu 👇 #immunology #ImmuneSystem #SanDiego #LaJolla

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Interesting new commentary on regulatory T cells (Tregs) and bone health! (first link below) #ImmuneSystem #Tcells #Immunology #Health #Medicine

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#PathogenOfTheWeek: To prevent future pandemics, we need to understand how to stop paramyxoviruses. This genus of viruses includes #measles virus and the deadly Nipah virus. 1/2 🧵 #Immunology #ImmuneSystem #Antibodies #Tcells #VaccineResearch #Medicine #Health

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Spatial omics rides again, this time determining how immune CD8 T cells by location in the gut have different roles, such as killing function in the villus and backup reinforcements in the crypts www.nature.com/articles/s41... Good Explainer www.lji.org/news-events/... @alleninstitute.bsky.social

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It turns out the immune system is playing 4D chess while we thought it was just playing checkers. Using #spatialtranscriptomics from @10xgenomics.bsky.social and @vizgen.bsky.social we were able to peek into the secret lives of tissue resident T cells in the gut as they form after infection 1/n

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How do T cells find the proper instructions to navigate tissues? In the Goldrath Lab @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social, Amir Ferry mapped it out play-by-play. Potentiating these interactions strengthens the immunity cycle and enhances tumor control 1/n

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New in @nature.com — LJI's @reinacampos.bsky.social and colleagues at @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social and @alleninstitute.bsky.social track the amazing journey of T cells in the gut. “For the first time, we were able to capture the formation of immunological memory in space and time." bit.ly/40Tnlt7

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Today in @nature.com. We mapped the spatial and temporal dynamics of intestinal tissue-resident memory CD8 T (TRM) cell differentiation. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41.... @ucsandiego.bsky.social @lji.org @alleninstitute.bsky.social @amonell.bsky.social @reinacampos.bsky.social @GoldrathLab 🧵 1/10

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Congratulations to LJI Assistant Prof. Miguel Reina-Campos (@reinacampos.bsky.social), recipient of a $1.3M W. M. Keck Foundation award! New funding will support innovative #cancer research: www.lji.org/news-events/...

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How can we stop pathogens with #pandemic potential? LJI researchers share new "roadmap" for harnessing T cell cross-reactivity to combat viruses pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39819529/ @settelab.bsky.social @albagrifoni.bsky.social #Immunology #Virology #Tcells #ImmuneSystem

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Qupath training course by @microscopy.bsky.social @lji.org ** learn from the experts in 🔬 and image analysis firsthand

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📢Announcing a QuPath Workshop 📢 February 24-25, 2025, in San Diego, CA, at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology. This year’s event will be all about Multiplex Immunofluorescence Analysis. The workshop will be followed by an 🎉 Advanced QuPath User’s Meeting 🎉- February 26, 2025.

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Cow's milk #allergy is the most common food allergy among young kids 🐄🥛 In this new @jci-insight.bsky.social study, LJI and Johns Hopkins scientists explore clinical + immunological outcomes after randomized trial of baked milk oral #immunotherapy for milk allergy insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

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#PathogenOfTheWeek Ebola virus is a rare but very dangerous pathogen. It is known as a filovirus—named after its twisted, "filamentous" structure. There are actually 4 species of Ebolaviruses, but we only have approved vaccines against one species 1/🧵 #Immunology #Science #Virology #Ebola

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