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Jamie Blum, PhD

Assistant Professor

NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

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Why does the body deem some foods safe and others unsafe?

 Highlights Scientists identify three new proteins, one each from soybean, corn, and wheat, that the body uses to determine oral tolerance—the opposite of food allergy They found that specialized immune cells called …
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Immunologist Jamie Blum joins Salk faculty to study the immune system’s response to food

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute will welcome immunologist Jamie Blum as a NOMIS Assistant Professor in September 2025. Blum investigates how the immune system interprets what we eat—specifically, why some foods …

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Education

BS, Human Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
PhD, Molecular Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Awards & Honors

  • Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellowship, 2022
  • American Society for Nutrition Trainee Travel Award, 2018
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2017

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