
Immune 74: Germinal center dynamics with Carla Nowosad
Carla Nowosad joins Immune to discuss her career and her work on germinal centers, the structure in secondary lymphoid tissues where B cells proliferate, differentiate, and diversify their immunoglobu...
11 Joulu 20231h 11min

Immune 73: Big macs
Immune reveals the total mass (1.2kg), number (1.8 trillion), and distribution of immune cells in the human body, with macrophages contributing nearly 50% of the total cellular mass. Hosts: Vincent Ra...
8 Marras 20231h 14min

Immune 72: After dark in the library with Ellen Rothenberg
From Cornell University in Ithaca New York, Vincent and Cindy meet with Ellen Rothenberg to review her career in science, starting with work on retroviruses to unraveling transcriptional networks unde...
23 Syys 202357min

Immune 71: Can parasitic worms prevent pandemics?
Immune explains how, in a mouse model of roundworm infection with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, exposure to lung-migrating helminths protects mice against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Hosts: Cynthia Leifer, ...
8 Syys 20231h 13min

Immune 70: Immunology of picky eating
Immune explains how mast cells, IgE antibody, and the brain collaborate to promote avoidance of certain foods to evade allergic responses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker...
26 Heinä 20231h 7min

Immune 68: Sins and blessings of immunity
Immune discusses immunological imprinting, also called original antigenic sin, in the context of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, and Steph Lan...
18 Touko 20231h 7min

Immune 67: Can T cells live forever?
Immune explains the results of a study which show that in mice, functional T cells respond to vaccination for over 10 years and 51 successive immunizations, exhibiting supernumerary cell division and ...
3 Touko 20231h 15min

Immune 66: COVID-19 immune memory - what you need to know
Immune discusses the current understanding of immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccines, which supersedes that of any other acute infectious disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynth...
4 Huhti 20231h 30min










