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The CMI-X Consortium


The CMI-X consortium brings together researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), the University of California San Diego (UCSD), Yale University, the Cleveland Clinic, and the University of Louisville, with diverse expertise in immunology, bioinformatics, and computational biology.

Member Lab PIs


Tal Einav
Tal Einav

Einav Lab at LJI

Computational studies to understand human immune responses.

Barry Grant
Barry Grant

Grant lab at UCSD

Advises over 40 biology graduate students in the CMI-Flu Prediction Contest.

Steven Kleinstein
Steven Kleinstein

Kleinstein lab at Yale

Focuses on big data analysis and immunology for reproducibility and contest participation.


Bjoern Peters
Bjoern Peters

Peters lab at LJI

Generates experimental data and coordinates the prediction contest.

Ted Ross
Ted Ross

Ross lab at Cleveland Clinic

Established inaugural annual influenza vaccination cohort for CMI-Flu project.

Corey Watson
Corey Watson

Watson lab at U Louisville

Works on genetic typing of the IG (BCR) and TR (TCR) gene loci.

Members


Ahmed Azhan
Ahmed Azhan

Peters Lab

Julie Burel
Julie Burel

Peters Lab

Catherine Cheng
Catherine Cheng

Peters Lab

Luis Fenoy
Luis Fenoy

Einav Lab

Jason Greenbaum
Jason Greenbaum

Peters Lab

Leying Guan
Leying Guan

Kleinstein Lab

Brendan Ha
Brendan Ha

Peters Lab

Mari Kojima
Mari Kojima

Peters Lab

Shelby Orfield
Shelby Orfield

Peters Lab

James Overton
James Overton

Peters Lab

Aaron Ren
Aaron Ren

Peters Lab

Burhan Sabuwala
Burhan Sabuwala

Kleinstein Lab

Pramod Shinde
Pramod Shinde

Peters Lab

Nicky Thrupp
Nicky Thrupp

Peters Lab

Rashmi Tippalagama
Rashmi Tippalagama

Peters Lab

Kerstin Westendorf
Kerstin Westendorf

Peters Lab

Lisa Willemsen
Lisa Willemsen

Peters Lab

Jian Xing
Jian Xing

Kleinstein Lab


Last updated: October 7, 2025