Reina Lab News

  • New Publication

    Tissue-resident memory CD8 T cell diversity is spatiotemporally imprinted has been published in Nature. Read it here.

  • Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos awarded $1.3 Million from W.M. Keck Foundation

    The W.M. Keck Foundation has granted $1.3 Million to Dr. Reina-Campos to support his research into T-cells’ tumor-fighting capabilities. Read more here.

  • New Publication

    The XCL1–XCR1 axis supports intestinal tissue residency and antitumor immunity has been published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Read it here.

  • Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos Presents at Spatial Omics Conference in Rome

    Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos delivered a fascinating and inspiring presentation titled "Spatial Gene Perturbations for Studying Tissue Patterning in Organoids" at the Spatial Omics and Complexities of Human Diseases: Resolve and Solve conference held in Rome, Italy, on October 25, 2024.

  • Violante Joins the Reina Lab

    Violante Joins the Reina Lab

    We are thrilled to have Violante join our team. Her expertise in molecular medicine and passion for understanding T cell adaptation will be invaluable as we work together to advance immunotherapy research.

    Welcome aboard, Violante! We’re excited for the journey ahead. 🐍🌟

Past News

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Livia Returns to Johns Hopkins

Livia Iacobelli, our Lab Technician, has headed back to Johns Hopkins University to start this new academic year. We thank her for her contributions and bid her farewell as she returns to Maryland!

Kelly's PATHS Graduation

One of our undergraduate researchers, Kelly Wang, has completed her internship at LJI through the PATHS Scholars program. We wish her luck as she returns to UCSD for this coming year!

Reina Lab Member Does Q&A with Salk High School Interns

Livia Iacobelli joined the Salk Internship program to deliver a Q&A regarding college and STEM alongside other panelists.

UCSD Student Joins Reina Lab Through LJIdea Internship program

Reina Lab receives Kelly Wang as part of the summer 2024 LJIdea Internship Program to study immune cellular interactions

Dr. Reina Appears on the “Inflammatory Content” Podcast on Spotify - May 24th, 2024

In this conversation, Miguel and Kellen talk about cancer, metabolism, tissue resident memory T cells, spatial transcriptomics, advice for postdocs pursuing academia, and much more.

Dr. Reina speaks at the 2024 CIMT 21st Annual Meeting - May 15th, 2024

At CIMT, Dr. Reina presented his lab’s work identifying metabolic adaptations of TRM that can be leveraged against cancer and our first foray at describing how tissue architectures, such as the small intestine, help shape the diversity of CD8 T cells that confer long-term protection