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Alba Grifoni is affiliated with the La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a particular emphasis on infectious diseases, immunology, and molecular biology. Their work extends into subfields such as epidemiology and neurology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding immune responses and infectious agents.

The main scientific topics Alba Grifoni investigates include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, immunotherapy and immune responses, T-cell and B-cell immunology, long-term effects of COVID-19, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Alba Grifoni has contributed to the following notable papers:

  • Targets of T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus in Humans with COVID-19 Disease and Unexposed Individuals, 2020, Cell
  • Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection, 2021, Science
  • Antigen-Specific Adaptive Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in Acute COVID-19 and Associations with Age and Disease Severity, 2020, Cell
  • Selective and cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 T cell epitopes in unexposed humans, 2020, Science
  • A Sequence Homology and Bioinformatic Approach Can Predict Candidate Targets for Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Alba Grifoni include Alessandro Sette, Daniela Weiskopf, Ricardo da Silva Antunes, April Frazier, and Shane Crotty. These partnerships represent connections with multiple researchers active in immunology and infectious disease studies.

The primary publication venues where Alba Grifoni's research appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Targets of T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus in Humans with COVID-19 Disease and Unexposed Individuals.

    Alba Grifoni;Daniela Weiskopf;Sydney I. Ramirez;Sydney I. Ramirez;Jose Mateus

  • Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection.

    Jennifer M. Dan;Jennifer M. Dan;Jose Mateus;Yu Kato;Kathryn M. Hastie

  • Antigen-Specific Adaptive Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in Acute COVID-19 and Associations with Age and Disease Severity.

    Carolyn Rydyznski Moderbacher;Sydney I. Ramirez;Sydney I. Ramirez;Jennifer M. Dan;Jennifer M. Dan;Alba Grifoni

  • Selective and cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 T cell epitopes in unexposed humans.

    Jose Mateus;Alba Grifoni;Alison Tarke;John Sidney

  • A Sequence Homology and Bioinformatic Approach Can Predict Candidate Targets for Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2

    Alba Grifoni;John Sidney;Yun Zhang;Richard H. Scheuermann

  • Phenotype and kinetics of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Daniela Weiskopf;Katharina S. Schmitz;Matthijs P. Raadsen;Alba Grifoni

  • SARS-CoV-2 vaccination induces immunological T cell memory able to cross-recognize variants from Alpha to Omicron

    Unknown

  • mRNA vaccines induce durable immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern.

    Rishi R. Goel;Mark M. Painter;Sokratis A. Apostolidis;Divij Mathew

  • T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike cross-recognize Omicron

    Unknown

  • Comprehensive analysis of T cell immunodominance and immunoprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 epitopes in COVID-19 cases.

    Alison Tarke;Alison Tarke;John Sidney;Conner K. Kidd;Jennifer M. Dan;Jennifer M. Dan

  • Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the total CD4 + and CD8 + T cell reactivity in infected or vaccinated individuals.

    Alison Tarke;Alison Tarke;John Sidney;Nils Methot;Esther Dawen Yu

  • Humoral and cellular immune memory to four COVID-19 vaccines

    Unknown

  • Imbalance of Regulatory and Cytotoxic SARS-CoV-2-Reactive CD4 + T Cells in COVID-19.

    Benjamin J. Meckiff;Ciro Ramírez-Suástegui;Vicente Fajardo;Serena J. Chee

  • Cellular and humoral immune responses following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis on anti-CD20 therapy.

    Sokratis A. Apostolidis;Mihir Kakara;Mark M Painter;Rishi Raj Goel

  • Rapid induction of antigen-specific CD4 + T cells is associated with coordinated humoral and cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination.

    Mark M. Painter;Divij Mathew;Rishi R. Goel;Sokratis A. Apostolidis

  • Divergent SARS-CoV-2 Omicron–reactive T and B cell responses in COVID-19 vaccine recipients

    Unknown

  • SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19.

    Alba Grifoni;John Sidney;Randi Vita;Bjoern Peters

  • Defining the risk of SARS-CoV-2 variants on immune protection

    Unknown

  • Phenotype of SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cells in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

    Daniela Weiskopf;Katharina S. Schmitz;Matthijs P. Raadsen;Alba Grifoni

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection generates tissue-localized immunological memory in humans.

    Maya M.L. Poon;Ksenia Rybkina;Yu Kato;Masaru Kubota

  • Prior Dengue Virus Exposure Shapes T Cell Immunity to Zika Virus in Humans.

    Alba Grifoni;John Pham;John Sidney;Patrick H O'Rourke

  • Negligible impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on CD4+ and CD8+ T cell reactivity in COVID-19 exposed donors and vaccinees.

    Alison Tarke;Alison Tarke;John Sidney;Nils Methot;Yun Zhang

  • Human T Cell Response to Dengue Virus Infection

    Yuan Tian;Alba Grifoni;Alessandro Sette;Alessandro Sette;Daniela Weiskopf

  • Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for greater than six months after infection

    Jennifer M Dan;Jennifer M Dan;Jose Mateus;Yu Kato;Kathryn M Hastie

  • Altered cellular and humoral immune responses following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis on anti-CD20 therapy.

    Sokratis A. Apostolidis;Mihir Kakara;Mark M Painter;Rishi Raj Goel

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Sette
Alessandro Sette La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Daniela Weiskopf
Daniela Weiskopf La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Bjoern Peters
Bjoern Peters La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
John Sidney
John Sidney La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Shane Crotty
Shane Crotty La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Elizabeth J. Phillips
Elizabeth J. Phillips Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Simon Mallal
Simon Mallal Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Richard H. Scheuermann
Richard H. Scheuermann J. Craig Venter Institute
Davey M. Smith
Davey M. Smith University of California, San Diego
Pandurangan Vijayanand
Pandurangan Vijayanand La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

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