Erica OllmannSaphire

An important look at #pertussis and vaccine efficacy. Kudos to @SetteLab, @Ricardo23349309 and the talented team at LJI's John and Susan Major Center for Clinical Investigation!

Congratulations to Dr. Sujan Shresta @ljiresearch on new funding from @NIAIDNews! Flaviviruses and alphaviruses are spreading — and this #vaccine research is critical

It was an honor to be recognized w/the 2023 Pantheon Award - I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the life sciences and inspire future innovators. As I pass the torch, I encourage you to nominate the next trailblazers here: bit.ly/3YaDBom #PantheonAwards

Biomedical faculty search committees, what would you rather have, a candidate with a K99/R00 or a candidate with a career award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund? A talented physician scientist here has won both, but must give one up. A good problem to have - but which to give up?

LJI Asst Prof Sam Myers shows how to screen 1000s of post-trans mods to explore biochem pathways and circuits at scale - here, to explore T cell activation. Am beaming with pride at our new recruit and all he is building. @SAMyers_lab @ljiresearch

We preset an approach to test phosphorylation site function in high throughput. Like phenotypic CRISPR screens but instead of knocking out a gene, we mutate specific codons with base editors so the resultant protein cannot get phosphorylated that site.

My kid just committed to a college in Boston. I’m now accepting any and all seminar trips to Boston for the next four years!

Thank you Dr. Wezgryn ⁦@rwegrzyn⁩ for your comments at the Women’s Health Action Matters Forum. Yes, we can effect the needed changes for Women’s health in #3not30 years. The faculty of ⁦@ljiresearch⁩ and the nation are behind you, ⁦@ARPA_H⁩ and ⁦@WHAMnow⁩

Fun fact, this is me in Barcelona - summer of 2014 - showing off a freebie @Larallbb got me from her new job with the Schoenberger lab @ljiresearch

A great collaboration with @UCSanDiego and @UCSDCancer

I'm thrilled to welcome Miguel Reina-Campos, Ph.D. (@MReinaCampos) to the @ljiresearch faculty! His #Tcell research has enormous potential for improving #cancer #immunotherapy and more bit.ly/49WrgXs

Under joint 🤝 leadership of Drs. Vijayanand & Ganesan, @ljiresearch researchers identified #neoantigens in pediatric #BrainTumors and showed that neoantigen-specific T cell gene signatures are linked to better survival outcomes. 🔗 go.nature.com/3S88xRv

Absolutely beautiful #Ebola cryoET on infected and transfected cells with surprising insights. The most satisfying thing, after 20 years in this field, is how early biochemical puzzles are now fitting together @ReikaWatanabe2 @ljiresearch

LJI is truly a #compbio powerhouse. Learn how Assistant Professor Tal Einav uses immune cell data to predict how different groups (kids, seniors, men, women) may react to infectious diseases or new vaccines: bit.ly/3PS4LL9 #DataScience #VaccineResearch

Dr. Grifoni's lab is doing insightful work @ljiresearch Her #Tcell research changes how we think about immune responses to #SARSCoV2 and other deadly viruses #SanDiego #Immunology

Very interesting work from @ljiresearch's Drs. Cheroutre, Kronenberg and Myers (@SAMyers_lab) on a process that turns T cells into fighters #InfectiousDisease #Immunology #Tcells

Congrats to @ljiresearch's new Chief Scientific Officer! I'm looking forward to partnering with Shane to build LJI's future #Immunology #Health

Congratulations to Dr. Rinkesh Gupta, the first recipient of the new Michael Croft Fellowship in Immunology #Immunology #LaJolla #ImmuneSystem #Asthma #Ezcema #Allergy